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James Brass Arrested for Leading California Ballot Petition Fraud Scheme Using Stolen Voter Identities

Federal agents arrested James Brass in Victorville after a grand jury indictment accused him of orchestrating a ballot petition fraud scheme in Los Angeles. Brass, 47, allegedly paid homeless residents on Skid Row to sign petitions for various ballot initiatives using the stolen identities of registered California voters. Working with petition circulators Courtney Price and Jateisha Herron, Brass allegedly gathered voter identities from a database and handed them to the homeless population. The participants were paid to copy the voters' personal information onto the petitions and sign in their names. Brass and Herron then signed declarations falsely claiming they witnessed the registered voters personally sign the petitions. Brass allegedly received approximately $41,600 from a petition management company for the bogus signatures. The three defendants face one count of conspiracy to commit identity fraud in furtherance of a state felony, while Brass and Price face an additional count of identity fraud in furtherance of a state felony. If convicted, each defendant faces a statutory maximum of five years in prison per count.

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