The feds call what Ruben Gallegos Jr. allegedly did “conspiracy and theft concerning programs receiving federal funds.” The liberal leaning shelter CEO was hauled away by the FBI. He runs the temporary shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in Brownsville, Texas, and made a whole bunch more money than he should while doing it.
Theft and conspiracy charges
The CEO of a controversial shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in Brownsville, Texas, was hauled away in handcuffs by the Federal Bureau of Instigation on Thursday morning. He was charged with theft and conspiracy.
The bureau is desperate to look like they’re doing something that isn’t focused on Republicans and decided this was the perfect opportunity to nail a Democrat who isn’t Hunter Biden.
Ruben Gallegos Jr. is listed as the CEO of International Educational Services, Inc. and the conspiracy and theft charges come from his involvement with programs receiving federal funds, the federal indictment explains.
According to the paperwork, “Gallegos and two others whose names remain sealed are accused of using federal funds to pay themselves salaries.” They weren’t stingy and paid themselves “hundreds of thousands of dollars” above the salary cap put down by law.
The way the theft scam worked, “Gallegos Jr. and the others are accused of using real estate holding companies to conceal ownership of properties that were being leased to IES.”
Not only that, “IES used federal grants to pay for construction property owned by Gallegos Jr.” Some of the grant money was diverted into “consultant fees, which are prohibited by federal regulations.”
Getting ready for a raise
It seems the federal government was oblivious to the theft of taxpayer money until one of their rats squealed that “the trio discussed increasing their pay at IES.” The investigation has been going on for a while but with the Mar-a-Lago fiasco in the news, Merrick Garland needed a Democrat registered scapegoat to throw under the political bus. That seems to be the main reason behind the arrest of Gallegos now.
“Over the course of several years, beginning in 2014, the three received salaries ranging from a quarter million dollars to more than $500,000 annually. The federal cap limit was no more than $187,000 during that span.”
It’s not clear if Gallegos will have to go to jail or anything over his theft but he “has been ordered to forfeit $100,000 in cash, plus land and buildings on Maverick Road in Brownsville.” The facility was named in an article back in June of 2018.
At the time, liberals were freaking out about the hysterical, crying children who had been separated from their parents at the border. It turns out they were warehoused quietly in shelters like the one run by Gallegos.
Before the theft scam came to light, for “30 years, Los Fresnos, Texas-based International Education Services ran emergency shelters and foster care programs for younger children and pregnant teens who arrived in the U.S. as unaccompanied minors. At least one resident sued for the right to have an abortion in a high-profile case last March,” it was reported in 2018.
“For reasons the agency did not explain, three months ago the government’s refugee resettlement office said it was ending their funding to the program and transferred all children to other facilities.” Sounds like they found out he was double dipping then but waited until now to bust him for it.
