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Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson arrested on federal charges in connection with alleged kickback scheme [View all]
Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was arrested by FBI agents Friday morning and is set to appear in the Moakley Courthouse in South Boston later in the day to answer to federal charges, the US attorney’s office announced.
Fernandes Anderson, 45, was indicted on five counts of aiding and abetting wire fraud and one count of aiding and abetting theft of federal monies in connection with a kickback scheme, according to the indictment unsealed Friday.
The councilor hired a staffer in 2022, gave them a $13,000 bonus in 2023 with the expectation that they would kickback some of the bonus in cash to Fernandes Anderson, prosecutors allege. The two met in a City Hall bathroom on June 9, 2023, where the staffer allegedly handed over $7,000 in cash, according to the indictment.
In 2023, federal prosecutors allege, Fernandes Anderson was struggling financially and was missing rent and car payments, facing bank overdraft fees and a $5,000 fine from the state Ethics Commission for hiring relatives to her councilor staff.
Fernandes Anderson, 45, was indicted on five counts of aiding and abetting wire fraud and one count of aiding and abetting theft of federal monies in connection with a kickback scheme, according to the indictment unsealed Friday.
The councilor hired a staffer in 2022, gave them a $13,000 bonus in 2023 with the expectation that they would kickback some of the bonus in cash to Fernandes Anderson, prosecutors allege. The two met in a City Hall bathroom on June 9, 2023, where the staffer allegedly handed over $7,000 in cash, according to the indictment.
In 2023, federal prosecutors allege, Fernandes Anderson was struggling financially and was missing rent and car payments, facing bank overdraft fees and a $5,000 fine from the state Ethics Commission for hiring relatives to her councilor staff.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/06/metro/tania-fernandes-anderson-arrested/
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