James Brass Arrested In Federal Indictment Over Skid Row Ballot Fraud
Federal agents took the Victorville man into custody before dawn, accused of stealing real Californians' identities to fake voter signatures on petitions.
- Brass allegedly paid Skid Row homeless residents a few dollars per signature.
- He used real registered California voters' stolen names to fake the forms.
- FBI agents arrested him in Victorville in a pre-dawn operation, DOJ said September 10.
Why it matters: Nobody checks a petition signature against the person who signed it, so the market found the cheapest forgers.
DOJ, U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California press release ↗ · Sep 10, 20269/10/26