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A federal judge in Oakland has publicly revealed the identity of a key FBI informant in the corruption case against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao: Mario Juarez, a longtime Oakland businessman and former city council candidate.<\/p>\n

Juarez is named in an order issued Monday and unsealed Tuesday, denying several motions to suppress evidence in the case. The motions had questioned Juarez\u2019s credibility as an informant and the FBI\u2019s reliance on his statements to secure search warrants.<\/p>\n

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According to court records, Juarez began working with the FBI in 2024, mere weeks before agents conducted highly publicized raids on Thao and the other defendants\u2019 homes.<\/p>\n

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Mario Juarez was publicly named for the first time in connection with the case in an order issued by a federal judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nSheng Thao Corruption Case: Judge Confirms Identity of Key FBI Informant - Sacramento Moving Hub<\/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:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=347\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sheng Thao Corruption Case: Judge Confirms Identity of Key FBI Informant - Sacramento Moving Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mario Juarez was publicly named for the first time in connection with the case in an order issued by a federal judge.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=347\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sacramento Moving Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-13T15:30:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=347#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=347\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618\"},\"headline\":\"Sheng Thao Corruption Case: Judge Confirms Identity of Key FBI Informant\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-13T15:30:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=347\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=347#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/91e6b7b230acb2ad0c3c314f366a6bb4.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=347#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=347\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=347\",\"name\":\"Sheng Thao Corruption Case: Judge Confirms Identity of Key FBI Informant - 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