Here is an update on Mr. Sorrells sentencing in the Force Multiplier Solutions bus scandal in Dallas, Texas.
...Swartwood's assistance to the FBI helped investigators charge Leonard, Dwaine Caraway, a former Dallas mayor pro tem and Ricky Sorrells, former superintendent of the bus agency Dallas County Schools, prosecutors say.
Lynn sentenced Caraway earlier this year to 56 months, or almost five years, in prison for his role in the scandal. Leonard got seven years in prison. Sorrells is scheduled to be sentenced next month for conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud...
...Leonard had won lucrative contracts to put security cameras on school buses in Dallas County. He would later admit to paying local officials more than $3.5 million to secure the contracts for his company, Force Multiplier Solutions.
Between 2011 and 2016, Leonard gave Swartwood about $2 million to funnel to Sorrells through Swartwood's companies, including Elf Investments and Anrock Realty Services, court records show.
Swartwood would then send the money to a bank account for a shell company owned by Sorrells, according to court records...
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/07/09/middleman-funneled-bribes-dallas-school-bus-agency-officialsin-corruption-scandal-gets-prison-time
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/07/09/middleman-funneled-bribes-dallas-school-bus-agency-officialsin-corruption-scandal-gets-prison-time
"...Leonard had won lucrative contracts to put security cameras on school buses in Dallas County."
ReplyDeleteIn other words, the ulterior motive for putting security cameras on school buses is to line their pockets under the pretense of student safety.