Professor Elam

Thursday April 13,  2023

Former Fiesta Royalty Indicted on Fraud Charges.

It always helps to cloak oneself in respectability if you are going into the fraud business.

Days before the kickoff to San Antonio's citywide party, a federal grand jury has indicted two former former members of Fiesta royalty on charges they conspired to commit wire fraud and money laundering, according to the Justice Department.

The indictment names Kenneth “Ken” Flores and his father Antonio “Tony” Flores Jr. — both former Rey Feos — along with family members Christopher Flores and Irma Flores as participants in an alleged government contract-rigging scheme. Irma Flores, Tony Flores' wife, in 2003 became the first Hispanic woman to serve as president of the Fiesta San Antonio Commission, according to an Express-News report.

The four are accused of fixing awards and prices on housekeeping and janitorial-services contracts at U.S. Army hospitals and medical centers, according to documents released by the Justice Department.

Days before the kickoff to San Antonio's citywide party, a federal grand jury has indicted two former former members of Fiesta royalty on charges they conspired to commit wire fraud and money laundering, according to the Justice Department.

The indictment names Kenneth “Ken” Flores and his father Antonio “Tony” Flores Jr. — both former Rey Feos — along with family members Christopher Flores and Irma Flores as participants in an alleged government contract-rigging scheme. Irma Flores, Tony Flores' wife, in 2003 became the first Hispanic woman to serve as president of the Fiesta San Antonio Commission, according to an Express-News report.

The four are accused of fixing awards and prices on housekeeping and janitorial-services contracts at U.S. Army hospitals and medical centers, according to documents released by the Justice Department.