BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : NOVEMBER 27, 2000 ISSUE
GOVERNMENT Bribery, Fraud, & Worse Some recent public corruption cases in Puerto Rico: HURRICANE CLEANUP, FEBRUARY, 1999 Mayor found guilty of seeking bribe for cleanup work in wake of September, 1998, hurricane PUERTO RICO PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION, MAY, 1999 Six people charged with bribery, conspiracy, money laundering, and theft of $1.4 million in scheme allegedly involving efforts to help residents set up small businesses SAN JUAN AIDS INSTITUTE, 1999-2000 Twelve people convicted or pled guilty to defrauding federal government of $2.4 million intended for patients of now-defunct clinic PUERTO RICO SOCIAL ACTION INC., AUGUST, 2000 Two directors of nonprofit agency helping children, homeless, and the elderly found guilty of embezzling $5.4 million in federal funds MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, AUGUST, 2000 Eighteen people, including two prominent mayors, indicted for allegedly collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in payoffs at agency collecting taxes for island municipalities DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS A Wave of Scandals in Puerto Rico TABLE: Bribery, Fraud, & Worse TABLE: Tapping Puerto Rico INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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