CASE. ABC SEVEN NEWS REPORTER ANSER HASSAN PIECES IT ALL TOGETHER FOR US. >> THE FBI INVESTIGATION INTO OAKLAND MAYOR SHENGTAO AND THE DUONG FAMILY IS EXPANDING. THE FBI HAS NOW SUBPOENAED THE OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WHAT WE APPEAR TO BE UH- ENTERTAINING IS A MASSIVE CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY BY THE GRAND JURY AT THE INSTRUCTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. >> GREG WOODS IS A PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STUDIES AT SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY. HE SAYS THE SUBPOENA IS NOT NECESSARILY TO UNCOVER ANY WRONGDOING BY THE OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT RATHER IF ANY VICTIMS HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THOSE UNDER INVESTIGATION, THEY WOULD CALL THE OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REPORT SUCH AN ENCOUNTER, SUCH A POTENTIAL, VICTIMIZATION PROFESSOR WOULD SUGGEST. IT MAY BE ALSO TO ESTABLISH A TIMELINE. SUBPOENAS ALLOW THE FBI TO LEARN ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE CALLS AND WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WAS REPORTED THAT COULD DETERMINE PROBABLE CAUSE TO IN FACT, CHARGE SOMEBODY WITH A CRIME TO PLACE THEM INTO CUSTODY AND THEN TO, WELL, CONTINUE THIS JUDICIAL PROCESS TO HOLD INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE. THE FBI AND OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT RETURN REQUESTS FOR COMMENT, BUT THE BAY AREA NEWS GROUP IS REPORTING THAT A SUBPOENA WAS ISSUED TO OPD TO TURN OVER ALL INTERNAL PHONE DIRECTORIES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, AND ALL POLICE REPORTS INVOLVING THE DUONG FAMILY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF APRIL. IN JUNE, THE FBI RAIDED MAYOR TAO'S HOUSE AND HOMES BELONGING TO MEMBERS OF THE DUONG FAMILY, WHICH OWNS CALIFORNIA WASTE SOLUTIONS RECYCLING COMPANY THAT OPERATES IN OAKLAND. AS THE ABC SEVEN I-TEAM HAS REPORTED, THIS MAY BE LINKED IN PART TO A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LAUNDERING SCHEME. THE FBI HAS ALSO SUBPOENAED THE CITY OF OAKLAND, ALLEGEDLY LOOKING INTO SOURCES OF FUNDING. >> IT IS ALSO AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRANSPARENCY OF HOW IT IS THAT MONEY MOVES THROUGH THE UH- SUPPORT AND THE DONATIONS TO THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS THAT IMPACT THE CITY OF OAKLAND. >> NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AND MURTAUGH HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. WOOD SAYS THIS TYPE OF FBI GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION COULD GO FOR ON MONTHS IF
