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   Federal investigators are expanding their search for records in Oakland,   
   and they appear to be after police reports related to the Duong family,   
   the owners of the city’s recycling contractor who’ve branched out into   
   other businesses.   
      
   The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued a new   
   subpoena to Oakland on July 10, according to records obtained by The   
   Oaklandside. Federal agents haven’t made any accusations of wrongdoing in   
   connection with this investigation.   
      
   The latest subpoena asks for records documenting all sources of federal   
   funding Oakland has received from January 1, 2022, to the present.   
      
   It also asks for contact information for attorneys who have worked in the   
   City Attorney’s Office from January 1, 2022, to the present and it seeks   
   all Oakland Police Department internal phone number directories and/or   
   lists from March 1, 2024, to now.   
      
   Investigators are also asking for Oakland police reports made by or   
   involving members of the Duong family, including Andy, David, Kristina,   
   and Johnny, from April 1 to the present.   
      
   The grand jury issued a “superseding subpoena” on July 12 that requests   
   almost identical records, except it doesn’t include reference to the City   
   Attorney contact information.   
      
   The request for police reports follows several news stories about a   
   possible fight that occurred between the Duongs and Oakland businessman   
   Mario Juarez on May 3. According to public records, Juarez and the Duongs   
   were business partners through Evolutionary Homes. The company appears to   
   have been angling for public dollars to build or sell modular homeless   
   shelters to the city of Oakland. The company was incorporated at 1211   
   Embarcadero, which sits on a piece of property owned the Port of Oakland   
   that the Duongs lease.   
      
   At some point, the business relationship deteriorated, according to a   
   letter Juarez sent to the Port. Juarez wrote that he was unlawfully locked   
   out of the company’s building on May 3. He confronted David, Andy, and   
   Kristina Duong. Juarez alleged that the Duongs summoned several people to   
   the offices who beat and robbed him, and forced him to make a video   
   apology for David Duong.   
      
   Juarez reported the incident to the police. So did Andy Duong, who alleged   
   that Juarez acted violently by carrying a gun and telling him that he had   
   “cartel” people around the building. David Duong disputed Juarez’s claims   
   as false and “bizarre and disturbing” in his own letter to the Port.   
      
   About a month after the alleged altercation outside the 1211 Embarcadero   
   building, Juarez claims an unknown assailant shot at him outside his   
   Oakland home. Juarez told police he believed the shooting was related to   
   his involvement in an investigation, which he did not elaborate on   
   further.   
      
   Oakland has until July 25 to comply with the new subpoena.   
      
   Last week the grand jury requested a slew of records from Oakland city   
   staff. These included documents and communications related to the Duong   
   family, California Waste Solutions, Evolutionary Homes, Mayor Sheng Thao’s   
   partner Andre Jones, the former Oakland Army Base, and the 2022 mayoral   
   election, among other things.   
      
   Earlier today Thao’s attorney, Jeff Tsai stated that the search warrant   
   executed against Thao’s home “is not criminal charges.” Tsai also   
   criticized the Justice Department for raiding Thao’s home without public   
   explanation months before the mayor faces a recall election.   
      
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