Tribunal Determines that Maria Milagros Charbonier Must Reinstate $136,500 Related to Corruption Case

Following a motion by his defence, they requested that he not have to pay this amount of money.

Federal Judge Sylvia Carreño Coll ordered former Representative María Milagros Charbonier and her husband, Orlando Montes, to repay the Puerto Rican government $136,500 that was stolen as part of the bribery and kickback scheme for which they were both convicted in January 2024.

The federal judge hearing the case of convicted former legislator María Milagros "Tata" Charbonier, her husband Orlando Montes Rivera, and a former special assistant, finally determined the amount of money the couple must repay to the government for…