Mr. Phillip Lum

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  www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/2007-7-14-0714-co-mal - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/14/2007    Last Visited: 9/23/2008  

  Like former Colma city council member Philip Lum, who was sentenced Thursday to one-and-a-half years in prison, Maldonado was accused of accepting free airfare to the Philippines from the owner of Lucky Chances casino, then later taking official actions on the city council that benefited the casino.
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  Federal prosecutors accused Maldonado, 49, and Lum, 54, of violating state law by failing to report the tickets to the Philippines as gifts on disclosure forms.
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  Both were formally charged with counts of "honest services mail fraud" -- two counts for Lum, who allegedly accepted first-class and coach tickets in 1999 and 2000, and one count for Maldonado, who allegedly received a ticket with the value of $2,000 in March 2000.
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  Clarence also refused to speculate on the different punishment that Lum received.
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  Rene Medina, the casino owner who allegedly gifted Maldonado and Lum the plane tickets to the Philippines, is himself under indictment in federal court.

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  Published on: 7/13/2007    Last Visited: 9/23/2008  

  Phillip Lum, 54, pleaded guilty in April before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White to two counts of a crime known as honest services mail fraud, which refers to using the U.S. mail in a scheme to defraud his constituents of his honest services.
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  When the judge asked why prosecutors didn't seek a higher penalty, Assistant U.S. Attorney Robin Harris said that while the crime was a "breach of public trust," Lum had led an otherwise "exemplary life" and had no other crimes on his record.
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  Lum was a council member for 20 years from 1986 until he narrowly lost a re-election bid last November, a month after he was indicted by a federal grand jury.
  
  He served as mayor at various times during his tenure on the council.

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  ,Phillip Lum, a former Colma mayor and longtime city councilman has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges related to his accepting free airline tickets from a casino owner who benefited from Lum's votes.,Lum, 54, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in San Francisco Thursday to two counts of a crime known as honest services mail fraud, which refers to using the U.S. mail in a scheme to defraud his constituents of his honest services.
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  ,White is scheduled to sentence Lum on July 12.
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  ,U.S. Attorney Scott Schools said Lum admitted during the plea to accepting first-class and coach airline tickets to the Philippines from the owners of Lucky Chances Casino in Colma in 1999 and 2000.
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  ,Lum admitted he did not report the gifts on public disclosure forms as required by state law and that he voted on issues before the City Council that he knew would benefit the casino, Schools said.,Lum was a councilman for 20 years from 1986 until he narrowly lost a re-election bid in November, a month after he was indicted by a federal grand jury.He served as mayor at various times during his tenure on the council.,Schools said, "The public places a tremendous amount of trust in its elected representatives through voting them into office.Elected officials who violate that trust for personal gain will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.",Walker said of the guilty plea, "Obviously it's devastating as far as Phillip Lum is concerned.

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  Published on: 3/21/2007    Last Visited: 9/25/2008  

  Another former Colma council member, Philip Lum, 53, is awaiting trial on charges of honest service mail fraud for allegedly accepting airline tickets from a casino owner and then favoring the casino in his votes.

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  San Francisco Gate - The case comes five months after a federal grand jury indicted former Colma City Councilman Philip Lum Jr. for conspiracy and honest services mail fraud for allegedly accepting numerous first-class and coach airline tickets from the owner of the

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  www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/2007-7-10-0710-cm-luc - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/10/2007    Last Visited: 9/23/2008  

  The casino has had its fair share of controversy, which included former Colma mayors Philip Lum and Ronald Maldonado.
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  In April, Lum pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in San Francisco after being indicted for accepting several plane tickets to the Philippines from Rene Medina, who lives in Woodside.
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  Lum - who served on the council from 1986 to 2006 - did not report the gifts.He later admitted that he voted on council matters that would benefit the casino.
  
  Lum ran for re-election last year, but lost to Joanne del Rosario.

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  Published on: 11/4/2006    Last Visited: 9/27/2008  

  In Colma, two four-year City Council seats are open, with incumbents Philip J. Lum Jr. and Mayor Helen Fisicaro running against challenger Joanne F. del Rosario, who is an executive assistant.
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  Lum, who has served on the City Council since 1986, was indicted in October by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on public corruption charges, alleging he failed to report gifts accepted from the owner of a Colma casino in exchange for favorable council votes on casino matters.Lum pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on $100,000 bail.
  
  His case is still pending in federal court in San Francisco.

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  Published on: 10/11/2006    Last Visited: 9/28/2008  

  Philip J. Lum, 53, pleaded not guilty before a U.S. Northern District Court judge to charges he failed to report gifts accepted from the owner of a Colma casino in exchange for voting favorably on City council matters that benefited the casino.
  
  A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Lum on Oct. 3 on one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and two counts of mail fraud.If convicted, Lum faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and fines of $250,000 for each count, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
  
  The charges came after a three-year FBI investigation revealed that Lum, who has been on the council since 1986, accepted first-class and coach airline tickets to the Philippines from 1999 until 2001 from the owner of Colma's Lucky Chances Casino, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
  
  The indictment alleges that Lum didn't notify the state of the gifts as required annually by the Fair Political Practices Commission and took part in council action in favor of the casino without revealing his profits, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
  
  Lum was released on $100,000 bail and is next scheduled to appear in federal court in San Francisco in front of U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White on Dec. 7.

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  Published on: 10/5/2006    Last Visited: 9/28/2008  

  The "public corruption" charges against Philip J. Lum, 53, came after a three-year FBI investigation revealed he accepted first-class and coach airline tickets to the Philippines from 1999 until 2001 from the owner of Colma's Lucky Chances Casino, the U.S. attorney's office reports.
  
  The indictment alleges that Lum didn't notify the state of the gifts as required annually by the Fair Political Practices Commission in a document called Form 700 and took part in city council action in favor of the casino without revealing his profits, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
  
  Lum, who has been on the city council since 1986, faces prison time and a fine for each count of conspiracy and theft on honest services mail fraud if he is convicted, the U.S. attorney's office reports.
  
  Lum is scheduled to appear in San Francisco federal court in front of U.S. District Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte on Oct. 10.

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  Published on: 4/20/2007    Last Visited: 4/21/2007  

  COLMA, Calif. , Former mayor Philip Lum, 54, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud for taking six trips to the Philippines paid for by the Lucky Chances Casino in 1999 and 2000.
  
  Lum did not declare any of the gifts as required by state law.
  
  He voted to renew the Lucky Chances' conditional use permit, card room permit and to amend the city code to set conditions under which card room employees could gamble.
  
  Lum is expected to get up to two years in prison after a plea deal.
  
  He served on the Colma City Council from 1986 until his election defeat in 2006.

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