Read the indictment against Sean Loloee — the Sacramento councilman faces 25 charges

Sacramento City Councilman Sean Loloee was indicted by a federal grand jury on 25 charges, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Department of Labor, 14 counts of possession of false immigration documents, two counts of using a false immigration document, two counts of obstruction of agency proceedings, three counts of falsifying records and three counts of wire fraud.

Charges against the supermarket operator, who has represented North Sacramento his election in 2020, are expected to be read aloud in federal court Friday afternoon.

Loloee and Karla Montoya, the general manager of the four Viva Supermarkets in the capital region, are accused of hiring employees who used phony immigration documents.

Loloee and Montoya face a maximum statutory penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of conspiracy to defraud the Department of Labor, to commit immigration document fraud, and to obstruct justice; up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of possession of false immigration documents or use of a false immigration document; and up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of obstruction of agency proceedings.

On Friday morning, as Loloee was expected to surrender to U.S. Marshals, a judge unsealed the indictment that was handed up Thursday night.