Overview
- Prosecutors say Isaac Jacob Galvan admitted funneling $70,000 to then–Baldwin Park Councilman Ricardo Pacheco to secure W&F International’s marijuana permits in 2018 using third-party checks with blank payee lines.
- Galvan also admitted failing to file federal returns from 2017 to 2020, concealing income through a shell company called I&I LLC, and not reporting roughly $560,525 that produced a $115,816 tax loss.
- He agreed to pay $323,557 in restitution, remains free on a $10,000 bond, and is set for sentencing on June 8, 2026 with statutory maximums of 10 years for bribery and five years for the tax count.
- Pacheco pleaded guilty in 2020 in a separate bribery case, is cooperating with federal investigators, and is scheduled to be sentenced on March 30, 2026.
- W&F owner Yichang Bai pleaded not guilty and faces trial in February 2026 as the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation continue the probe led by the U.S. Attorney’s Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section.