Pasadena officials sued a former employee in civil court Tuesday to recover millions in public funds allegedly embezzled over the course of a decade.
Former management analyst Danny Wooten was arrested in January and accused of authorizing more than $6.4 million in questionable payments from a city fund used to pay for burying overhead utilities.
Los Angeles County prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Wooten and two of his associates. Pasadena filed the civil lawsuit to "seek full recovery of the funds lost and to restore the public's trust," Mayor Terry Tornek said in a news release.