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FEMA Official, Energy Contractor Arrested In Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Corruption Probe

From forbes.com

A top FEMA official was arrested Tuesday after being indicted 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 ... (full story)

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