The Department of Justice has arrested the person the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) put in charge of Hurricane Maria recovery in Puerto Rico along with two others on charges of committing disaster fraud. The case centers around fraud tied to more than $1.8 billion that FEMA awarded to private contractor Cobra Acquisitions Energy to help repair Puerto Rico’s electric grid after Hurricane Maria tore it apart two years ago this month.
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