WILLING TO DISCUSS THAT ISSUE
WITH COMMISSIONERS.
THEY WANT TO SEE HOW THIS
ORDINANCE PLAYS OUT.
HAD NOW HAVE EXCLUSIVE
REPORT IN MARCH FEDERAL AGENTS
RAIDED THE CITY OFFICES HAULING
AWAY HUNDREDS OF BOXES OF
FILES.
RIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE
HEARING FROM A MAN AT THE
CENTER OF THE WIDE RANGING FBI
INVESTIGATION.
WE SPOKE TO THE FBI'S INSIDE
MAN.
FRANK HAD HOPED TO ACHIEVE
HIS VERSION OF THE AMERICAN
DREAM FOR HIS WIFE AND KIDS
REPAIRING AND SELLING FARM
EQUIPMENT.
HE HAD A LEASE ON AN ACRE OF
LAND AND A 2013 HE APPLIED FOR
AN OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE SHOULD
HAVE COST AND NO MORE THAN
$200.
INSTEAD AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO
HEAR, IT HAS TURNED INTO ARE
THE LARGEST CORRUPTION
INVESTIGATIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA
HISTORY.
I WENT TO THE CITY HALL TO
APPLY FOR A LICENSE AND THIS IS
ONE EVERYTHING STARTED FOR ME.
ALL OF MY COMPLICATIONS.
REPORTER: HIS STORY WAS FIRST
REPORTED BY THE MIAMI HERALD
COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY HIS
APPLICATION KEPT GETTING
REJECTED.
EVERY TIME I ASKED THEM TO
FIX IT DOES TO FIX IT COME I
FIXED IT.
ONE DAY, IT WAS MY FIFTH TIME
AND I HAD THESE JOURNEYMEN WHO
SAID THEY COULD HELP ME.
REPORTER: THE MAN WAS LUIS
SANTIAGO.
AND AS WE WALKED THROUGH CITY
HALL SANTIAGO POINTED TO HIS
PICTURE HANGING ON THE WALL.
HE SAID LOOK AT ME.
THAT'S ME.
I'M THE COMMISSIONER.
I CAN MAKE THINGS EASY FOR YOU
TO GET YOUR LICENSE.
THEY AGREED TO MEET.
HE TOLD ME THE RULES OF THE
GAME.
$2500?
HAD ANOTHER PRODUCT.
HE WAS THREATENING TO FIND THEM
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A
LICENSE.
HE HEARD AGAIN FROM
COMMISSIONER SANTANA GO.
SO HE CALLED ME AND ASKED ME
FOR MORE MONEY.
HE SAID HE WANTED MORE MONEY?
AGAIN, HE AGREED TO PAY BUT
THERE WAS NO LICENSE.
HE THEN SAID HE INTRODUCED THEM
TO STARKS A FORMER POLICE
SERGEANT WHO WORKS AS A
LOBBYIST.
HE DEMANDED MONEY.
ST. AGNES SAID HIS BREAKING
POINT CAME WHEN THE CODE
ENFORCEMENT CHIEF SHOWED UP AT
HIS BUSINESS WITH THE POLICE.
HE STARTED YELLING AT HER.
TODAY IS YOUR DAY.
HE SAID SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEAK
TO YOU.
AND HE STARTED CALLING ME AND
HE SAID WE ARE NOT PLAYING.
HAVE TO COME OUT WITH THE REST
OF THE MONEY.
THAT KNIFE HE COULDN'T
SLEEP.
HE WALKED INTO THE FBI
HEADQUARTERS AND ASKED TO SPEAK
TO AN AGENT.
THEY GAVE ME A MICROPHONE.
AND A HIDDEN CAMERA.
THAT MIGHT COMMISSIONER
SANTANA GO PICK THEM UP IN HIS
SUV.
SANTANA GO COMPETITIVE DOWN FOR
RECORDING DEVICES.
HE WENT LIKE THIS AND WAS
CHECKING ME.
AFTER DRIVING AROUND FOR A
WHILE HE CALLED STARKS WHOSE
NICKNAME IN SPANISH IS THE
OCTOPUS.
THEN HE SHOWED UP.
AND YOU GAVE THEM THE $500?
AND EVERYTHING WAS RECORDED.
, A DIFFERENT PAYMENTS TO
THINK YOU MADE WITH THE FBI ON
CAMERA?
I WOULD SAY 20 PAYMENTS.
COME ON DOWN.
DESPITE THIS MATERIAL HE
REMAINS A COMMISSIONER.
WE SHOWED UP LAST WEEK.
AND SAYS YOU HAVE BEEN SHAKY
HAND DOWN.
SINCE THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO
SAY, I AM INNOCENT.
YOU CAN CALL MY LAWYER.
WHO IS YOUR LAWYER?
NO MORE COMMENTS.
IS CLAIMING YOUR SHAKING
HAND DOWN.
WE DID CALL HIS ATTORNEY HAS
SAID THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
SANTIAGO ARE 100% FALSE THAT HE
CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
THE FORMER CODE ENFORCEMENT
CHIEF SAID HE HAD NO COMMENT.
STARKS ALSO DECLINED TO DISCUSS
ALLEGATIONS.
TOMORROW NIGHT WILL SHOW YOU
HOW THIS PROBE SPREAD TO OTHERS
AT CITY HALL INCLUDING THE
MANAGER AND THE SON OF THE
MAYOR.
WHEN WE BRING YOU PART TWO OF
THE FBI'S INSIDE MAN.
WHERE IS THIS INVESTIGATION
HEADED?
THERE IS A FEDERAL GRAND JURY
THAT HAS BEEN HEARING EVIDENCE
AS YOU SAID AT THE TOP THERE
ARE HUNDREDS OF BOXES OF
RECORDS.
THIS IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO
THESE ALLEGATIONS OF SYNTHETIC
WIDE-RANGING PROBE THE DEALS
WITH CONTRACTED IF PEOPLE WRONG
OF PHARAOHÃPAYROLL THE DID
NOT DO ANY WORK AND THE FEDS