"Crime Michael Muller allegedly accepted more than $870,000 in bribes and kickbacks between 2010 and 2021. Two men, including one who formerly managed the fleet of school buses used by Boston Public Schools, were arrested Friday on bribery charges. Michael Muller, 59, of Millbury, and John Colantuoni, 60, of Westwood, were identified as the defendants by U.S. Attorney Leah Foley's office."
"The transportation company used various vendors to clean buses, make repairs, and remove snow from the yards. Muller managed all these vendors and had the power to fire them, according to prosecutors. The vendors gave their invoices to the transportation company, which then forwarded them to BPS. The district paid the invoice amounts to the transportation company using taxpayer dollars, and the transportation company then mailed checks to the vendors."
Michael Muller allegedly solicited and accepted more than $870,000 in bribes and kickbacks from five vendors between 2010 and 2021. Muller supervised operations and maintenance of over 700 Boston Public Schools buses for a transportation company contracted by BPS and oversaw employees working in city-owned yards. The company used vendors for cleaning, repairs, and snow removal; vendors submitted invoices to the company, which forwarded them to BPS, and the district paid those invoices with taxpayer dollars before the company issued checks to vendors. Muller allegedly received cash, checks, a used pickup truck worth $15,000, $85,000 in building materials, and compelled a vendor to hire his adult child. Two men, Muller and John Colantuoni, were arrested on bribery charges.
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