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...operation known as Operation Greenpalm helped unravel Miami's fiscal madness. The sting uncovered the worst-kept local secret--that to do business with City Hall it is sometimes necessary to offer a "retainer," which non-Miamians might call a bribe. "It was 'Pay me as a consultant, and we'll get you the contract,'" says Assistant U.S. Attorney Wilfredo Fernandez. The Greenpalm began when former Miami finance chief Manohar Surana, caught soliciting a bribe from Unisys in connection with its bid for a $20 million city contract, agreed to wear a microphone for the FBI. Surana caught then city...
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