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FBI Arrests Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson on Federal Corruption Charges

Dec 6, 2024, 12:01 PM

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has been arrested by the FBI on federal public corruption charges following a federal probe. The arrest was announced by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston, with a press conference scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at the federal courthouse in Boston. Fernandes Anderson, who previously faced a state ethics violation for hiring her sister and son, is set to appear in the Moakley Courthouse in South Boston later in the day to answer to these new charges. She is currently refusing to comment on the matter.