The former Director of Fleet and Facilities for the company that manages the operations and maintenance of Boston Public Schools’ (BPS) school buses was arrested and charged Friday for allegedly soliciting bribes from vendors who worked on the buses and in the bus yards, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.

Michael Muller, 59, of Millbury was charged with five counts of soliciting and accepting bribes as an agent of BPS, five counts of conspiring to commit bribery, five counts of conspiring to commit honest services mail fraud and four counts of extortion.

He appeared in Boston Federal Court Friday and had no comment for 7NEWS outside the courthouse.

According to court documents, Muller’s employer, the Transportation Company, had a contract with BPS

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