NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Two temporary employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were arrested after soliciting bribes from a contractor supplying food for residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina, the FBI announced Friday.
Andrew Rose and Lloyd Holleman, who ran a FEMA camp near New Orleans, asked for a $20,000 bribe in exchange for inflating the catering contract, Justice Department officials in Washington said.
The contractor notified authorities, said Matt Chapman of the FBI, which began an investigation with the Department of Homeland Security in December. [Read more - CNN]
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