A CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION
WHAT INVESTIGATOR MAY HAVE
ALLEGED PLAY HAVE BEEN ILLEGAL
ACTIVE BY TWO HIGH OFFICIALS.
Anchor: AND NOW BOB NORMAN IS
ON THE CASE, AND HERE SAYS MUST
SEE REPORT.
EX-FT. LAUDERDALE CITY
ENGINEER DENIED HE DID ANYTHING
WRONG, WHILE OVERSEEING THE
CITY'S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
YOU TRIES TO STEER WORK TO A
COMPANY THAT YOU HAD PERSONAL
AFFILIATION WITH.
I DIDN'T DO THAT.
BUT A CITY INVESTIGATION
FOUND OTHERWISE, ALLEGING HE
IMPROPERLY STEERED CONTRACTS TO
A COMPANY WITH WHICH HE HAD
PERSONAL AND BUSINESS TIES YOU
BASICALLY STEERED WORK TOWARDS A
COMPANY RUN BY YOUR PROFESSOR.
IS THAT TRUE?
I DON'T MAKE ANY COMMENT UNTIL I
RECEIVE ANY MORE DETAIL.
ALSO UNDER INVESTIGATION IN
THE ALLEGED SCHEME WAS THE MAN
WHO HIRED HIM AT THE CITY.
THEN FT. LAUDERDALE PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR CAN YOU TALK ABOUT TWO
FT. LAUDERDALE INVESTIGATION.
YOU ARE TALK TO MY LEGAL
COUNCIL.
IT BEGAN LAST YEAR WHEN A
COMPANY WAS FORMED ALONG WHERE
CITY BOSS RAY NAN'S WIFE,
CREATING AN IMPROPER BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIP ACCORDING TO THE
CITY.
ALSO LISTED AS A PARTNER WAS THE
WIFE OF THIS MAN.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
AMIR, THEN FLORIDA
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING SCHOOL DEAN, AND THE
PROFESSOR AND ACADEMIC PARTNER.
YOU WERE IN BUSINESS WITH
YOUR PROFESSOR'S WIFE?
AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR'S
WIFE.
I DON'T MAKE ANY COMMENTS.
THAT COMPANY WAS DISSOLVED
FOLLOWED BE I THE FORMATION OF
TWO SEPARATE COMPANIES, ONE
SEOULLY OWNED BY HIM, AND
ANOTHER UNDER MYANMAR'S CONTROL
CALLED ENGINE OVATION.
HE THEN RECOMMENDED HIS
PROFESSOR'S COMPANY, AND THE
COMPANY SOON WON A $17,000 CITY
CONTRACT.
THE CITY NOW SAYS IT WASN'T EVEN
CERTIFIED TO DO YOU ARE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE DETAILS WHICH
IS EVERYTHING IS ON THE RECORD.
THE CITY ALSO FOUND HE
REQUESTED REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS
WITH WAIVED FOR THE COMPANY.
YOU NEVER DISCLOSED TO ANYONE
YOUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
THIS COMPANY.
BECAUSE IT IS COMPLETELY OUT
OF MY SELECTION PROCESS YOU
DIDN'T HAVE A RELATION ARE SHIP?
WITH YOUR OWN PROFESSOR.
HE ALSO FOUND THAT ENGINE
OVATIONS WORK APPEARED TO HAVE
CONSISTS OF COPYING EXISTING
CITY PLANS, AND PASSING THEM OFF
AS IT'S OWN.
AND THE INVESTIGATION FOUND
POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF NUMEROUS
LAWS INCLUDING OFFICIAL
MISCONDUCT AND BID TAMPERING.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I
AM SO L SEEING THIS REPORT.
AS THE CITY PREPARED TO
INTERVIEW HIM AND PUBLIC REPORTS
DIRECTOR, BOTH RESIGNED WITHIN A
FEW DAYS.
ANONTO TAKE A JOB WITH MIAMI
DADE COUNTY, OVERSEEING THE MASS
I $13.5 BILLION CAPITOL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
WHY WERE YOU IN BUSINESS WITH
YOUR CITY ENGINEER?
IT IS JUST A COINCIDENCE, THE
THREE DAYS AFTER THIS REPORT
CAME OUT.
IT IS COMPLETE COINCIDENCE.
THE CITY CLOSED THE
INVESTIGATION.
HERE CITY MANAGER LEE FELDMAN.
THE CITY FOUND THE POTENTIAL
LAWS WERE VIOLATED P SEVEN AND
DIDN'T FORWARD THIS
INVESTIGATION TO A OUTSIDE
AGENCY TO INVESTIGATE.
WHY NOT?
WELL, AGAIN, WE HAVE A
PROCESS.
WE INVESTIGATE OUR OWN MATTERS.
IT WAS ONLY AFTER THIS
CONFRONTATION, THAT FELDMAN
FORWARDED THE CITY FINDINGS TO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS.
WHICH CONTINUES.
WHY WOULD YOU TELL --
I AM SORRY, SORRY.
A CITY EMPLOYEE TO SKIP THE
REFERENCE REQUIREMENT?
I AM SORRY.
BOB NORMAN, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
HE ISSUE ADD STATEMENT
THROUGH HIS ATTORNEY CALLING THE
ALLEGATIONS UNFOUNDED BOB ALSO
LEFT MESSAGES FOR PROFESSOR AT
HIS NEW JOB AS PROVOST AT THE