SDTX:
Houston ISD has performed well compared to neighboring school districts in Texas for commonsense COVID safety protocols, but this federal corruption probe is a bad look
police "took former COO Brian Busby, 43, & HISD contract vendor Anthony Hutchison, 60, both of Houston, into custody"
“This investigation and resulting indictments reflect my office’s commitment to rooting out public corruption in the SDTX" - Acting US Atty Jennifer B. Lowery
a Grand Jury is indicting HISD officials and others are fessing up!
Holy $hit, the HISD Board of Education president Rhonda Skillern-Jones, 39, copped a plea - you don't see that every day! offthekuff.com/wp/?tag=rhonda…
"from 2011 to 2020, Hutchison systematically overbilled HISD & inflated bills for services, causing millions of dollars in loss to the school district. Hutchison paid a portion of his fraudulently boosted profits to Busby in the form of cash payments and free home remodeling"
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"During execution of search warrants in 2020 at the homes of Busby and Hutchison, authorities allegedly discovered over $186,000 in cash."
Party's Over ☹️
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EDTX: how did these Cuban nationals get in the US to do multi-state credit card skimmer frauds?
they only got caught b/c a police officer happened to find someone else's credit card in the card? (or maybe this story purposely vague?) justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/c…
this Cuban national only got 30 month sentence?
think of how many victims there could be!?!
Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas Ganjei: “The crime is difficult to detect because intended gas purchase will proceed without interruption or notification”
“A single gas station skimmer is capable of storing credit card information for hundreds of victims.”
"on Jan. 27, 2017, an officer with the Nacogdoches PD conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Entenza and occupied by 2 other Cuban nationals"
14 people accused of Health Care Kickback scheme have either pleaded guilty or are going to trial. Vincent Marchetti, Jr just was found guilty by the jury in month-long trial
Pharmacogenetic testing is a type of genetic testing that identifies genetic variations that affect how an individual patient metabolizes certain drugs. The illegal arrangement concerned referral of PGx tests to clinical laboratories in Fountain Valley, Irvine, & San Diego, CA
@EricBoehlert is it bad form when @mattbai (in an extremely irrelevant puff piece about former Sen. Bill Bradley) cites HIMSELF for the narrative that Biden has "anemic" approval ratings? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Is @mattbai the worst, laziest opinion writer on the planet?
He cited himself AGAIN, linking to his 10/25/2020 Biden hit piece! 3 columns linked to HIMSELF!
referred to himself as "Everyone who knew anything dismissed Biden..."