Instead, they improperly purchased vehicles and illegally engaged in no-bid contracts with friends.

As the LA Times reported, Cattan, has since been accused of massive corruption, much it involving no-bid contracts for Soviet-era equipment.

The case involved a construction company that had been giving favorable rates to some of Red Henry's cronies, then receiving no-bid contracts with the City.

The value of its no-bid contracts was 62 billion pesos last year, a drop of more than 70 percent from a year earlier, said Servin.