FBI Arrests Former Top Puerto Rico Officials In Government Corruption Scandal

Via Clint "I was at a gathering of , well let’s just say artist types a while back and a lady started railing about President didn’t assist Puerto Rico after the hurricane because he didn’t care about the brown people who lived there. As it turns out he cared. It was the brown people who didn’t care about the brown people."

 

U.S. authorities have unsealed a corruption indictment against two former top officials in Puerto Rico for directing some $15.5 million in contracts to favored businesses, allegedly edging out other firms for the lucrative government work despite allegations of being unqualified.

The two former Puerto Rico leaders — Julia Keleher, who was the secretary of the island's department of education before stepping down in April, and Ángela Ávila-Marrero, who led Puerto Rico's Health Insurance Administration until last month — were arrested by FBI agents on Wednesday.

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