Michael Jerome Robbins

An aide to former Rep. Mervyn Dymally has been charged in connection with an alleged scam in which authorities say he stole $63,000 from 21 victims who paid him to obtain loans they never received. Michael Jerome Robbins, 55, of Los Angeles, told the victims--most of whom live in the San Fernando Valley--that he would use his influence as Dymally's aide to get them low-interest loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, Deputy City Atty. Don Kass said.

An aide to former Rep. Mervyn Dymally has been charged in connection with an alleged scam in which authorities say he stole $63,000 from 21 victims who paid him to obtain loans they never received. Michael Jerome Robbins, 55, of Los Angeles, told the victims--most of whom live in the San Fernando Valley--that he would use his influence as Dymally's aide to get them low-interest loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, Deputy City Atty. Don Kass said.