While details remain scarce at the moment, multiple sources have revealed to Hudson County View that the FBI visited the Union City Board of Education building on Thursday and Friday of last week.Â
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Multiple sources, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said that the FBI visited the Union City Board of Education headquarters on 3912 Bergen Turnpike on Thursday and Friday of last week, though no one would confirm or deny what the investigation was about.
Back on March 31, Johnny Garces, a former Union City Board of Education trustee, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to causing $400,000 in losses to the Union City Community Development Agency by rigging the contractor selection process.
Garces worked in the CDA department of Union City City Hall until about a month ago, resigning days before his guilty plea.
He was allegedly involved in a scheme that allowed contractors Joseph Lado and Leovaldo Fundora to obtain CDA contracts funded by monies from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Union City Board of Education spokesman Joe Lauro declined to comment, while multiple employees from the FBI press office also declined to comment when reached by Hudson County View.