A view of electrical poles torn down along roads in Playa Punta Santiago in Humacao, Puerto Rico, that were destroyed by Hurricane Maria, on December 3, 2017.
for taking bribes from the president of an Oklahoma-based energy company—who was also arrested—in exchange for a contract to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid after Hurricane Maria struck the island in 2017.
The Department of Justice alleges that Ahsha Nateef Tribble accepted gifts from Cobra Acquisitions president Donald Keith Ellison, which included personal helicopter use, hotel accommodations, airfare, personal security services and the use of a credit card. Ellison also secured Tribble’s former chief of staff Jovanda Patterson a job at Cobra. Patterson was also arrested.
In exchange, the DOJ alleges, Tribble used her power as a deputy regional administrator assigned to Puerto Rico to help Cobra win two contracts worth $1.8 billion to rebuild the island’s energy grid, which were paid out with federal FEMA funds.
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