Mark Danaj pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses, a felony, after authorities say he used his city credit card for thousands of dollars in personal expenses.
Mark Danaj, the former Fremont city manager, walks into the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Oakland, Calif. Danaj pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses and is expected to spend 90 days in jail and repay more than $300,000 to his former employer under a plea deal announced Thursday in a yearslong fraud case.
Appearing Thursday morning in a dark blue suit, Danaj showed little emotion as a judge read the terms of the plea deal, which included the dismissal of two other felony counts. Following the hearing, Danaj’s attorney said that the former city manager “wanted to get on with his life” from a case that had dragged on nearly two years. He added that the plea deal was in Danaj’s best interest, given that he faced the prospect of up to three years in prison if convicted at trial.
Yet the criminal case against him slowed to a crawl until spring 2023, when prosecutor Alexandra Grayner expressed shock in legal filings at word that Danaj had moved out of the state and had begun taking classes in Italy to become an internationally-trained chef.
In court on Thursday, Grayner called the plea deal “a fair resolution.” It came before he had faced a key evidentiary hearing that would have determined whether enough evidence existed to send the case to trial. Earlier this month, Danaj’s attorney mentioned in open court that Fremont city councilmembers could be called during that preliminary hearing to discuss the severance package.
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