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Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has been arrested and charged for allegedly orchestrating 'a complicated kickback scheme' to steal city funds through a staff member who is related to her. Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has been arrested and charged for allegedly orchestrating 'a complicated kickback scheme' to steal city funds through a staff member who is related …
BOSTON — A Boston city councilor was arrested Friday on federal fraud charges, accused of funneling part of an inflated bonus payment to a staffer to whom she was related into her own pockets during an exchange at a City Hall bathroom, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Tania Fernandes Anderson, 45, who was facing financial problems, was arrested outside her …