The Office of the Inspector General has flagged unusual procurement practices at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which hired professional services through purchase orders — sometimes without withholding taxes — and paid invoices that lacked detailed descriptions of the work performed.
In response to a Centro de Periodismo Investigativo lawsuit, the agency acknowledged it has "no report" from the company owned by New Progressive Party communications consultant Ramón Alejandro Pabón García. The contractor has secured over $5 million in government contracts individually and through several companies.