A Boston city councilor was arrested Friday on federal fraud charges, accused of funneling part of an inflated bonus payment to a staffer to whom she was related into her own pockets during an exchange at a City Hall bathroom, the U.S. attorney's office said.
Tania Fernandes Anderson, 45, who was facing financial problems, was arrested outside her home on five counts of wire fraud and one count of theft from a program receiving federal funds, acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said.
