Only in the Banana Republic of America.
The IRS stories just get worse and worse.
Another senior IRS manager has taken the Fifth Amendment, he doesn't want to comment I guess on the $500 million IT deal that he OKed for his buddy.
You see, his friend qualified for a special federal contracts gig because he pimped a few students who were going to school NEAR a disadvantaged community and he had a disability!
"Castillo won several contracts totaling almost $500 million for IRS IT services in part on the basis of his friendship with Roseman and by qualifying for two minority programs that allow disadvantaged applicants a better chance of winning lucrative government contracts."
"Castillo qualified for one minority set-aside program by setting up his business in a disadvantaged area of northeast Washington D.C. The Small Business Administration program requires applicants to hire from within the economically disadvantaged community, but a House Oversight Committee report found that Castillo manipulated that requirement by hiring students from Catholic University. The school’s campus lies within the designated boundary, but its students are, on balance, far from disadvantaged."
"He won entrance into another minority set-aside program run by the Veterans Administration that gives disabled vets certain advantages in federal contracting. His disability? An ankle twisted during football at the US Military Academy Prep School 27 years ago."
Disgusting.
