Jim Mercurio, a longtime San Francisco 49ers executive whose management of Levi’s Stadium included accusations of improprieties, faces charges he and another man embezzled $1.4 million in an alleged kickback scheme in San Mateo County.
Mercurio and Michael McLennan collectively face 44 counts of alleged wrongdoing. Prosecutors made 20 charges of commercial bribery against Mercurio, plus two of misappropriating government funds and one for embezzlement, according to district attorney Stephen Wagstaffe.
A grand jury indicted Mercurio and McLennan last week. They both pleaded not guilty…