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FBI Arrests Nearly Every Single Elected Official In A Texas Town
by Esther Yu-Hsi Lee Feb 7, 2016 10:46 am
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Only two of the elected officials in a remote Texas town were left unscathed
after the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) arrested six members under
a federal indictment that accuses them of taking bribes and helping an
illegal gambling operator in exchange for favors, the Associated Press
reported. Those arrested in Crystal City, Texas include the mayor, the city
attorney who is also the city manager, two current councilmen, and a former
councilman.
“The indictment alleges that these public officials and this businessman
solicited and accepted bribes in exchange for official action, such as
voting to award city contracts to, waive certain tax payments by, and
conduct certain inspections to give unfair advantage to those paying bribes,
” Richard Durbin, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, said
in a press release. One of the two remaining top officials was previously
arrested on federal charges of smuggling immigrants across the southern U.S.
border.
According to the Department of Justice indictment, Crystal City’s officials
were accused of using “their official positions to enrich themselves by
soliciting and accepting bribes from persons seeking to do business” since
February 2015. The city manager, William James Jonas, III, was accused of
managing the bribery scheme, in which a contractor provided bribes worth
more than $12,000 to city officials in exchange for a city contract and
unfair advantages. Ngoc Tri Nguyen, a city councilmember, was accused of
providing payment to Mayor Ricardo Lopez, “including $6,000, in exchange
for various official acts from Lopez and Jonas.” Nguyen was allegedly
running illegal gambling rooms, as well.
Joel Barajas, the remaining councilman without an arrest warrant, said that
the city has about $2 million in unpaid bills and was facing bankruptcy.
“For the time being, they remain the elected officials and the
representatives of that city,” Durbin said.
“Crystal City is a good town,” Maria Sanchez Rivera, a lifelong resident
told the Associated Press. “If you do wrong, you have to face your
consequences. We’ve got laws for everything and we’ve got to abide by what
the law says.” | h*******u
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: 这个德州小城基本上就是美国的未来
: FBI Arrests Nearly Every Single Elected Official In A Texas Town
: by Esther Yu-Hsi Lee Feb 7, 2016 10:46 am
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: Share 2,363
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: Only two of the elected officials in a remote Texas town were left unscathed
: after the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) arrested six members under
: a federal indictment that accuses them of taking bribes and helping an
: illegal gambling operator in exchange for favors, the Associated Press
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