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Ex-Chief Procurement Officer at MTA Gets Nailed in Phone Scam

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 8/13/18

A former top official with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been indicted for masterminding an iPhone procurement and resale scheme, as well as filing false documents to inflate his salary.

“New Yorkers entrust government procurement officers with enormous discretionary spending power, and demand in return that these officials spend taxpayer dollars honestly and fairly,” District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. said in a statement.

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