A former LA Department of Water and Power executive has told the NBC4 I-Team that he was fired after he reported alleged wrongdoing by senior DWP executives and officials, who he accused in a legal claim of violating government contracting rules, misleading federal regulators, and retaliating against employees.
"There's 10,000 employees with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The vast majority of those people are good, hardworking people. But there is a cancer at the top. And that cancer needs to be cut out with a scalpel," said the former executive, who wasn't ready Tuesday to show his name or face in an interview.
Another former DWP employee, who said she had served as an executive assistant until weeks ago, said in the same claim filed this week she was terminated after raising concerns that a DWP contract was improperly steered toward one specific company.
The LA Department of Water and Power and one of the executives named in the claim did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the allegations.
Last year the former general manager of the DWP, David H. Wright, was sentenced to 6 years in federal prison for his role in a bribery scheme that stemmed from the utility's excessive billing troubles, which mistakenly overcharged tens of thousands of residents and businesses for water and power they never used.
Wright pleaded guilty and admitted to allegations he agreed to accept a kickback and the promise of a lucrative private sector job in exchange...
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