07 August 2013 (22:31 UTC-07 Tango 06 August 2013)/30 Ramadan 1434/16 Mordad 1391/01 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

The FBI has arrested at least four officials in Florida, two mayors (one mayor is also a city attorney) and two lobbyists.  The mayors have conveniently Mafia sounding names.

The mayor of Sweetwater and the mayor of Miami Lakes were arrested and charged with conspiring to commit extortion, after allegedly accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.  The investigation started nearly two years ago.

The extortion scheme involved FBI agents posing as Chicago, Illinois, businessmen.

The vice mayor of Miami Lakes said the mayor “….doesn’t seem like the type of person who is driven by greed and money. He lives a plain lifestyle. He lives in a small townhouse and drove an old car…”

One Miami Lakes resident was not surprised:  “There have always been suspicions, but I am assuming the FBI has more concrete evidence.”

According to local reports most people of Sweetwater seemed surprised.

It should be pointed out that this was a classic FBI sting, in other words the whole thing was set up by the federal government.  The mayors and lobbyists did not instigate it.