Money: more important than caring
FEMA workers making money! :) Happy FEMA~^^ Happy capitalism~^^
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Two temporary employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were arrested after soliciting bribes from a contractor supplying food for residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina, the FBI announced Friday.
Andrew Rose and Lloyd Holleman, who ran a FEMA camp near New Orleans, asked for a $20,000 bribe in exchange for inflating the catering contract, Justice Department officials in Washington said.
The Colorado men also sought $2,500 a week from the catering contractor, the FBI said.
In a written statement, FEMA spokeswoman Natalie Rule said, "We have no tolerance for fraud -- not against FEMA, not against the American taxpayer, our partners, and certainly not against the victims of these hurricanes."
(So happy to see "victims" mentioned last. Priorities...) |
