{"id":8880,"date":"2026-09-10T19:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8880"},"modified":"2026-09-10T19:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:38:13","slug":"multiple-oakland-police-department-officers-indicted-on-federal-conspiracy-charges-to-defraud-faa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8880","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Oakland Police Department officers indicted on federal conspiracy charges to defraud FAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Two Oakland Police Department officers with the agency\u2019s helicopter unit were arraigned Thursday on several federal charges, including fraud and conspiring to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8878\">On-shore flow set to bring an end to Bay Area\u2019s brief heat wave<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brandon Mart and David Mac pleaded not guilty during their first appearance in an Oakland federal courtroom on the charges, which were previously handed down in an indictment by a federal grand jury and were unsealed during Thursday\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the conspiracy charge, Mart faces three counts of FAA registration fraud, as well as two charges of obstruction of justice by falsification of records. The most serious of those charges carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Mac faces two counts, including the conspiracy charge and a single count of FAA registration fraud. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted on the most serious charge.<\/p>\n<p>A third person, William Miller, also was indicted on the conspiracy charge, as well as four counts of FAA registration fraud. He faces up to five years in prison the most serious charge.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear who Miller worked for, or whether he also was a law enforcement officer. His attorney declined to comment after Thursday\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8876\">California has run out of license plate numbers. Here\u2019s what happens now.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The indictments mark at least the third time in the last couple weeks that an Oakland Police Department employee has faced criminal charges. In late August, Alameda County prosecutors charged Kevin Arias \u2014 an Oakland police sergeant who has occasionally served as an acting lieutenant \u2014 with grand theft of personal property amid claims he logged $38,000 in hours that he didn\u2019t actually work.<\/p>\n<p>The indictments come less than three weeks before a key \u2014 and perhaps final \u2014 hearing in the Oakland Police Department\u2019s bid to end more than two decades of federal court oversight that began with the infamous Riders scandal in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In May, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick, who said the department was on track to move out of from under federal court oversight that has hounded the agency since 2003. He framed a Sept. 29 court date as a chance to double-check the department\u2019s compliance with dozens of reforms it has completed over the years, at which time the agency could finally be released from his control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one can say \u2018Mission accomplished,\u2019\u200c\u2009\u201d said Orrick said, at the May court hearing. \u201cBut I do congratulate the city and OPD on getting this far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Jakob Rodgers is a senior breaking news reporter. Call, text or send him an encrypted message via Signal at 510-390-2351, or email him at jrodgers@bayareanewsgroup.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8874\">San Jose: Firefighters extinguish blaze at duplex that caused roof to collapse<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The officers appeared in federal court Thursday morning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Multiple Oakland Police Department officers indicted on federal conspiracy charges to defraud FAA - Next City Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8880\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Multiple Oakland Police Department officers indicted on federal conspiracy charges to defraud FAA - 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