Boston Metropolis Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, a Democrat and the primary Muslim elected to the council, was arrested on Friday by FBI brokers.
Tania Fernandes Anderson, who served as Vice Chair of the Put up Audit Committee, which oversees authorities accountability, was arrested on six felony prices (5 counts of wire fraud and one rely of theft regarding packages receiving federal funds) stemming from a kickback scheme.
“The costs stem from an alleged kickback scheme she orchestrated to acquire a number of thousand {dollars} in taxpayer cash in trade for bribes paid,” U.S. Legal professional Joshua Levy mentioned at Friday’s press convention, in keeping with NBC Boston.
In response to the indictment, Fernandes Anderson allegedly awarded a $13,000 bonus to a staffer, recognized as “Employees Member A,” who can also be a relative, on the situation that the staffer return a good portion of the bonus—roughly $7,000—on to her.
Anderson allegedly finalized the money transaction in a rest room at Metropolis Corridor, receiving $7,000 in kickbacks from Employees Member A, as detailed by textual content message proof included within the indictment.
In response to the indictment reviewed by The Gateway Pundit, “On or about June 9, 2023, at roughly 4: 11 p.m., Employees Member A texted FERNANDES ANDERSON, “Rest room” to let FERNANDES ANDERSON know that Employees Member A was ready within the toilet at hand the $7,000 in money to FERNANDES ANDERSON. Inside seconds, FERNANDES ANDERSON texted Employees Member A, “Prepared,” to verify that FERNANDES ANDERSON was prepared to just accept the $7,000 money kickback from Employees Member A. Shortly following these texts, Employees Member A handed FERNANDES ANDERSON roughly $7,000 in money at a rest room in Metropolis Corridor.”
“Once they met in that loo, Ms. Fernandes Anderson put $7,000 in her pocket,” Levy added. “All of that cash was funded by the taxpayers of Boston.”
The federal indictment additionally alleges that Fernandes Anderson misrepresented her relationship with a workers member and misused her place to rent members of the family, violating metropolis ethics guidelines.
Regardless of being fined $5,000 by the Massachusetts State Ethics Fee earlier this yr, Fernandes Anderson allegedly doubled down on her fraudulent actions.
Prosecutors allege she leveraged her authority to control Metropolis Council payroll orders, enabling her relative to obtain an outsized bonus—greater than double the mixed bonuses of different workers members.
Watch Ms. Anderson’s meltdown again in August 2022:
Tania Fernandes Anderson, a woke BLM Muslim former unlawful migrant Democrat serving on the Boston Metropolis Council, has been arrested by the FBI after being indicted on 5 counts of aiding and abetting wire fraud and one rely of aiding and abetting theft regarding a program… pic.twitter.com/GxvA2jKgXj
— Andy Ngo ️ (@MrAndyNgo) December 6, 2024
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