Source: FOX 26 News

Two men in Los Angeles County were arrested and charged with voter fraud after investigators say they submitted thousands of fraudulent voter registration applications on behalf of homeless people.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office says 53-year-old Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro, also known as Mark Anthony Gonsalves, and 34-year-old Raul Arevalo were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit voter fraud, eight counts of voter fraud, four counts of procuring and offering a false or forged instrument and four misdemeanor counts of interference with a prompt transfer of a completed affidavit.

Montenegro faces an additional 10 counts of voter fraud, seven counts of procuring and offering a false or forged instrument, two counts of perjury, and five misdemeanor counts of interference with a prompt transfer of a completed affidavit.

The 41-count criminal complaint says Montenegro allegedly submitted more than 8,000 fraudulent voter registration applications between July and October 2020.

He is also accused of falsifying names, addresses, and signatures on nomination papers under penalty of perjury to run for mayor in the city of Hawthorne, southeast of the LA International Airport.

If convicted, Montenegro faces a possible maximum sentence of 15 years and eight months in state prison.

Arevalo faces a possible maximum sentence of seven years in prison.