The California attorney general’s office has begun an inquiry into the Los Angeles Dodgers’ compensation of a team executive who headed its charitable arm, according to The New York Times.

The team confirmed that the Dodgers’ Dream Foundation received notification of the probe from the attorney general’s office. A source who was told of the investigation said the letter sought several documents and asked questions about how the charity paid Howard Sunkin, a Dodgers vice president who also led the foundation from 2005 to 2007.

In 2007 Mr. Sunkin earned more than $400,000 as chief executive of the charity, about a quarter of its budget.

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