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...A former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was arrested Tuesday for taking bribes from the president of a company that landed $1.8 billion in federal contracts to repair Puerto Rico's electrical grid after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September 2017.
...Federal authorities arrested Ahsha Tribble, FEMA's former deputy administrator for the region that includes Puerto Rico.
...In exchange, Ms. Tribble performed "Official acts" including influencing, advising, and exerting pressure on Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and FEMA officials, in order to award restoration work to Cobra and accelerate payments to the company.
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