SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former Sacramento City Councilmember Sean Loloee is expected to enter a plea agreement in federal court Thursday.
Loloee was charged back in Dec. 2023 on 25 counts of federal crimes including wire fraud, using false immigration documents and conspiracy, among others. These stem from allegations that Loloee illegally employed undocumented workers at his four Viva Supermarket locations in the area, mistreated them and interfered when federal law enforcement tried to investigate.
Federal prosecutors added more charges in March 2024, alleging Loloee had defrauded the federal government out of $1.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds, through the Small Business Administration’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF). Prosecutors allege Loloee’s businesses were not eligible for this money but he received it by underreporting gross receipts on his RRF applications. Prosecutors further accuse Loloee of then laundering the money through a series of bank accounts…