Corruption at higher levels!! “en high-ranking members of the government of Puerto Rico were recently arrested by the FBI.”
What else is new? Collusion for the demise of Puerto Rico’s identity … they learned well from the “master”!!
Ten high-ranking members of the government of Puerto Rico were recently arrested by the FBI.
The 25-count indictment included bribery, extortion, wire fraud, embezzlement, perjury, and money laundering of US federal funds.
Specifically, the defendants placed family members and friends in key government agency jobs. These “key hires” then doled out government contracts and federal funds, as directed by the defendants.
The key hires also withheld payments to legitimate but “unconnected” contractors, then charged them a “fee” for the release of these payments. In some cases, the fee was 50%.
In this manner, millions of dollars of government funds were systematically embezzled …and in some instances, the embezzlement continued for nearly 20 years.
The individuals arrested were:
- Anaudi Hernández Pérez, businessman and political fund raiser
- Xavier González Calderón, Administrator for the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
- Sally López Martínez, Administrator of the Puerto Rico…
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