Miami Beach’s former procurement director Gus Lopez has been arrested on corruption charges, according to the Miami Herald. Lopez is accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars in payoffs from a consultant in exchange for leaking sensitive information on competitors to construction companies, attempting to win bids with the city’s “Job Order Contracting” program. Lopez’s wife and the consultant, Pierre Landrin, were also arrested today on charges of money laundering, racketeering and other felonies. Investigators uncovered at [more]
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