One lie after another How two men defrauded Tennessee out of millions of dollars Jackie DelPilar
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It starts with a ribbon cutting, and ends with two men in prison.
“This happened under my watch at ECD and I take full responsibility,” Commissioner of Economic and Community Development Bob Rolfe said.
The FBI and TBI stepped in to investigate, and found the men misappropriated the money.
“It was one lie after another,” Rolfe said.
Investigators say the brothers faked their grant application.
They pretended to be part of a Pakistani parent company to secure funding, and fabricated invoices to contractors.
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