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Surveillance Evangelist Arrested in California

posted by Dopefish on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the money-no-longer-talks dept.

c0lo writes "No, unfortunately surveillance evangelism has not been made illegal overnight.

The EFF reports that, in an ironic twist of karma, FBI agents arrested a Mexican tycoon named Jose Susumo Azano Matsura at his Coronado, Calif. home on Wednesday as part of a political bribery investigation based on captured emails, seized banking records, and covertly recorded conversations. Azano, and three Americans who acted as his agents, are now facing felony charges in an alleged conspiracy to illegally pump roughly $500,000 into local election campaigns in the border city of San Diego.

Does SoylentNews have contributors from Mexico to share with us some insight (or just local gossip) about this shoddy character?"

 
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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:31AM (#7129)

    The last link in the summary mentions that Susumo Azano is a billionaire with high connections to the government but I had not heard of him until today. But then I read about the no-bid contract with the Defense for several billion pesos and now I remember there was a little brouhaha about how it had a huge markup and the shadiness of the deal in general.

    Seems like the guy likes to keep a low profile, his father was moderately successful in the construction business until he got connected to the local politicians from the Partido Accion Nacional (PAN). When the Defense contract story hit the papers it came to light that the Azano company got other contracts in the Jalisco state in areas where they had no prior experience like making license plates. Now that another party is in power I don't know how he is faring (not very well I think) with his government contracts, but it looks like he's looking for other opportunities.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by WildWombat on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:47AM

    by WildWombat (1428) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:47AM (#7136)

    --"When the Defense contract story hit the papers it came to light that the Azano company got other contracts in the Jalisco state in areas where they had no prior experience like making license plates."

    Well, he has experience making license plates now, so he should fit right in where he's headed. :)

    Cheers,
    -WW