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Kinde Durkee to plead guilty to embezzling millions, report says

And there's other news in Los Angeles tonight — besides the sale of the Dodgers. Kinde Durkee, the Burbank-based political treasurer for a long list of California Democrats including Sen. Dianne Feinstein, could do the plea deal as soon as Friday, Politico reports. Federal prosecutors are expected to recommend 11 to 14 years in prison, the site's sources said. "The stunning amount of money that Durkee took makes it the biggest such embezzlement case in U.S. election history and one that will have impact far down the line on the California ticket this fall," Politico says, adding that none of the missing cash, reportedly in excess of $8 million, has been recovered.


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