Here's the affidavit concerning the circumstances surrounding Leland Yee's arrest. It's a long read, but some parts are interesting.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/214742839/...-Yee-affidavit

Skimming through section 1-B for the list of complainants gives you an idea of how broad this investigation was and the people that Yee was involved with. You don't get hooked up with folks like that over the course of a month or so... he was obviously tied in with the tongs for a while.

Skip 1-C where it lists the statutes violated, unless you want to read a shitload of legalese.

Section 2 where we get into the summary of the investigation detailing the FBI's probable cause reads like a freaking miniature crime novel.

*If* everything the FBI is alleging is true then Yee is dirty as fuck and knew exactly what he was doing. He didn't get shanghaied (pardon the pun, but I had to do it!) into all this. He knew who he was associating with, the fact that what he was doing was illegal, and what the potential consequences could be.