When a Los Angeles businessman treated then-City Councilman Mitchell Englander to a night out in Las Vegas in 2017, he pulled out all the stops, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday.

The perks allegedly included a hotel room with amenities reserved for high rollers, an envelope stuffed with $10,000 in cash, lavish meals and bottle service at a nightclub, and a female escort sent to his room at the end of a long night of partying.



For the record: An earlier version of this article said Englander sent the businessman a text message thanking him for an enjoyable trip. The person who allegedly sent the text message was an Englander aide who is not identified by name in the indictment.



But when FBI agents grilled Englander about what happened in Vegas, the councilman said he had taken no cash from the businessman — one of several alleged lies that would compound Englander’s legal woes. And when asked if he had gotten any freebies besides the hotel room, dinner and casino chips that he had paid back, Englander said, “Not that I recall.”