PHILADELPHIA-A federal grand jury in Philadelphia is probing alleged politically connected economic development spending by the Delaware River Port Authority.
DRPA Chief Executive John Matheussen said on Wednesday, "I can confirm that we have been served with a subpoena by the U.S. Attorney's Office."
The DRPA's chief attorney and inspector general sent a memo to DRPA employees last week warning them to preserve all documents related to the agency's economic-development projects, according to the Inquirer.
The federal investigators were, according to newspaper sources, interested in economic development spending that was funneled through the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp., a development firm created by the city and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. The PIDC received more than $13 million from DRPA in 2010. See story in the Inquirer.
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