A former top Federal Emergency Management Agency official tasked with restoring power to a devastated Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria was arrested on disaster fraud charges for allegedly taking bribes from the president of a company that had received more than $1.8 billion in contracts to conduct
infrastructure repairs on the island. She was among three people arrested in connection with fraud Tuesday.
"These defendants arrived in Puerto Rico supposedly to help with the devastation we suffered from Hurricane Maria. They decided to take advantage of the state of the electricity grid to enrich themselves at the cost of our suffering," Rosa Emilia Rodríguez, the United States attorney for Puerto Rico, said at a press conference.
Puerto Rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. Their political system is broken and their politicians are either Incompetent or Corrupt. Congress approved Billions of Dollars last time, more than anyplace else has ever gotten, and it is sent to Crooked Pols. No good!.... Jose Ortiz Vazquez, PREPA's executive director, said that the power authority canceled their contract with Cobra starting in March 2019 after “possible irregularities" about the recovery process became apparent. Cobra was due to be paid $1.9 billion but, had only been paid $1.1 billion as of March 31.
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