OAKLAND — Alameda County prosecutors have filed criminal charges against former Coliseum Authority Executive Director Scott McKibben for allegedly violating state conflict-of-interest laws by seeking a $50,000 fee for helping negotiate a stadium naming rights deal at the home of the A’s and Raiders.
As the head of a public agency negotiating a $3 million deal with RingCentral, McKibben allegedly committed a felony by violating Government Code 1090, which prohibits public officials from having a financial interest in contracts made by them in their official capacity, according to court documents filed Nov. 27.
He also faces a misdemeanor for violating Government Code 87100: “No public official at any level … shall make, participate in making or in any way attempt to use his official position to influence a government decision in which he knows or has reason to know he has a financial interest.