Three TxDOT Employees could
face up to 10 years in prison.
Three former Texas Department of Transportation employees pleaded guilty Friday to accepting bribes in exchange for contracts, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
The former district maintenance administrator for TxDOT and the two inspectors pleaded guilty Friday morning to accepting bribes from an undercover agent in amounts ranging from $200 to $2,000 to award a "sweeping contract" worth more than $5,000.
Cresenciano Falcon, 56, Ray Llanes, 50, and Noe Beltran, 42, each face up to 10 years in prison and as much as a $250,000 fine for their parts in the scheme, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney's office. The three accepted the bribes in exchange for awarding a contract to help clean the highways.
A TxDOT representative said the contracts are important to keeping the roadways safe for motorists.
"Anytime there are allegations of wrongdoing with any of our employees, it's a sad time for our department," TxDOT spokesman Chris Lippincott said. "We are doing everything we can to cooperate with authorities and remain committed to integrity."
Few details of the alleged operation have been made public. The U.S. attorney's office did not return a call Friday seeking comment.
Falcon declined to comment when reached by phone Friday afternoon, and his attorney Ricardo Salinas did not return a call seeking comment. Efforts to reach Beltran and Llanes were unsuccessful.
Read the article online HERE.
And, from some weeks ago, make sure you read the original breaking AP story here:
The AP has still failed to report that Amadeo Saenz, TxDOT Executive Director, not only knows the three TxDOT employees who were indicted, but they are all “best friends”, and they all profited together, according to an inside reliable source.
Read my report, called TxDOT Executive Director, With Ties to Indicted, To Resign Within the Year, Says Source.
3 comments:
Looks like they were simply in
training for upper management positions.
Why do the top dogs get away while the little ones get indicted?
business physics: shit rolls downhill.
the little and big dogs should all go to jail. everyone in this country should know not to do wrong, and following orders to do wrong is no excuse.
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