A longtime Houston ISD landscaping vendor who holds a district contract worth up to $30 million and carries a decades-old felony conviction on bribery-related charges is at the center of a kickback scheme investigation, newly filed court records show.
Anthony Hutchison, the owner of Southwest Wholesale LLC, faces accusations from federal investigators that he conspired with former HISD chief operating officer Brian Busby to receive payment for work that his employees never conducted.
Hutchison and Busby have not been charged with any crimes, though federal officials have placed a civil forfeiture claim on about $185,000 in cash seized from the pair and could still file charges.
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