Former Palm Springs mayor Steve Pougnet was sentenced to two years probation, avoiding jail time despite admitting he took ...

Ex-Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet was sentenced Wednesday to two years’ felony probation for accepting six-figure bribes to publicly support development projects in the city. Pougnet, 62, in May ...

Steve Pougnet had earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy with a major real estate developer in a scheme that ran from 2012 to ...

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Wessman, 86, was charged with nine felony counts of bribery and one of conspiracy. He was one of two real estate developers indicted in 2019 for a bribery scheme involving former mayor Steve Pougnet.

When paid, Meaney’s company, or a third involved person, would then pay Pougnet for work he never did either. "We had an agreement to pay Steve Pougnet," Meaney testified.

Mayor Steve Pougnet (left) cheers the crowd before the groundbreaking ceremony for the Desert Fashion Plaza redevelopment project on Thursday, January 16, 2014 in Palm Springs, Calif.

Wessman was accused of paying former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet more than $200,000 to secure city support for downtown redevelopment projects between 2012 and 2014.