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- A local official in Hidalgo, Texas, cajoled company executives to hire a firm owned by his family in exchange for a cut of lucrative construction contracts, an investigation from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found.
- Claims against that official and his family were made last year in a lawsuit by the county.
- The kickback scheme started during a discussion at a steakhouse near the US-Mexico border in Texas.
The kickback scheme was allegedly hashed out over weeknight drinks at a steakhouse in a border county in south Texas.
Amid surf and turf and expensive scotch, a Hidalgo County official said he would meet with contractors in the clubby confines of the restaurant in a strip mall in McAllen.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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