UPDATE June 1, 2021 - Ex-Broward Health procurement boss Brian Bravo pleaded guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge, admitting that he accepted kickbacks from vendors and a consultant in exchange for awarding them lucrative government contracts. Sentencing is set for Aug. 12. Bravo faces up to five years in prison.
Jan. 11, 2021 - Five years after tax-supported Broward Health was rocked by a costly kickback scandal and news the FBI was investigating alleged corruption in the hospital network’s purchasing department, the government has made its first arrest in the case.