Report: Japanese mob boss gave $100,000 to UCLA Medical Center after liver transplant

A Japanese gang boss and another alleged gangster who had liver transplants at the UCLA Medical Center each donated $100,000 (euro64,000) to the US hospital soon after their surgeries, according to a published report.

The donations came from two of four Japanese gang figures who received liver transplants at a time when several hundred Los Angeles-area patients died while awaiting transplants, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The newspaper published a story Thursday about the liver transplants and posted a separate story on its Web site late Friday discussing the donations.

According to the Times, a donation of $100,000 (euro64,000) came from …