Blue Rinse Scandal
The Blue Rinse scandal is an ongoing criminal investigation being carried out by the National Police Agency of Caputia, Abeis Branch; the national Bureau of Investigations, led by Inspector Lionel Perry and judicially commanded by Judge Marisol Graves.
Initially a corruption investigation of the Morovian-Patrovian state government resettlement and reconstruction agencies, it has expanded to cover allegations of money laundering and embezzlement, where executives and bureaucrats allegedly accepted bribes in return for awarding contracts to construction firms at inflated prices. The illicit funds were funneled through a network of bank accounts in the Wechua Nation and Shireroth. Local resettlement administrators and state government officials would also skim millions from payments to construction companies and contractors to cover the construction of new infrastructure across Morovian-Patrovia over the last year alone.
The criminal system was called "Blue Rinse", stemming from politicians and bureaucrats visiting frequenting a network of hairdressers or dry cleaning businesses in Freedom City, Abeis, and Zalae, asking for a "blue rinse" and leaving shortly afterward carrying an attache case full of illicitly obtained cash. Federal investigators received a trove of documents leaked by a state government bureaucrat whistleblower. The documents show the magnitude and organization of the payoff system, the complicity of the companies involved, and the way public servants bestowed contracts and gifts on those who praised the resettlement efforts or promised to contribute to the National Salvation Party’s next general election campaigns at the state level in Morovian-Patrovia and Haifa.
As of 1664, the operation has included more than seven hundred warrants for search and seizure, temporary and preventive detention and coercive measures, with the aim of ascertaining the extent of a money laundering scheme suspected of moving more than ₺2 billion laurels between 1661-1663.
Background
Investigation
Domestic Politics
Caputian General Election, 1665
See also: Caputian general election, 1665.
