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PCB subpoena: the latest development in corruption probe
There is new information tonight on the ongoing federal corruption investigation in Bay County.The city of Panama City Beach is the latest to receive a subpoena from U.S. Attorney Laurence Keefe.To get more news about BT PCB, you can visit pcbmake official website.
City officials received the subpoena Thursday, demanding any and all information on bids, quotes, and projects involving GAC contractors and any projects submitted to FEMA regarding Hurricane Michael.
But this subpoena goes into a lot of detail, requesting information and communications between any beach city official or GAC executive including Derwin White and Andrew Rowell as well as GAC project managers, superintendents, estimators and engineers.It also calls for all of the documentation for the hiring process of former City Manager Mario Gisbert and any contracts or invoices provided by Gisbert acquaintance Jennifer Wolgamott.
The subpoena is requesting a lot of the same types of information as the one issued to Bay District Schools.Last week, News 13 broke the story that Bay District School officials had received their second federal subpoena.School officials are still collecting the requested information.
Panama City officials received a request last year asking for information involving local companies erosion control specialists, or ECS, and Greenleaf Lawncare. They voluntarily handed the information over.
Investigators say they found evidence that then Leisure Services Director Keith Baker helped rig contracts for ECS in exchange for pay-offs and trips.Baker, who became a County Commissioner in November 2018, publicly denied the accusations. Federal investigators handed over the evidence to local prosecutors who indicted Baker on state charges.
He immediately resigned from his commissioner’s seat.Federal authorities kicked-off this investigation in 2019 saying they believed there was enough evidence to prove widespread fraud, bogus contracts, pay-offs and kick-backs existed in Bay County. |
