0 0 6 , ▁The ▁Oregon ian ▁newspaper ▁published ▁articles ▁alleg ing ▁that ▁Jones ▁em be zz led ▁millions ▁of ▁dollars ▁from ▁NC ED ▁and , ▁by ▁extension , ▁from ▁the ▁J av its - W agner - O ' Day ▁( J W OD ) ▁Program , ▁a ▁United ▁States ▁federal ▁program ▁that ▁helps ▁blind ▁and ▁other ▁sever ely ▁disabled ▁people . ▁Under ▁the ▁management ▁of ▁the ▁Jones ▁Family ▁Trust ▁( J FT ), ▁NC ED ▁alleg edly ▁broke ▁federal ▁rules ▁by ▁claim ing ▁employees ▁as ▁disabled ▁whose ▁sole ▁" dis ability " ▁(" dis adv antage ") ▁was ▁reported ly ▁being ▁Spanish ▁language ▁speak ers ▁who ▁were ▁unable ▁to ▁speak ▁English . ▁NC ED , ▁a ▁mak er ▁of ▁chemical ▁protect ive ▁su its ▁for ▁soldiers , ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁re organ ized ▁as ▁Re ady One . ▁ ▁On ▁October ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Bob ▁Jones ▁was ▁arrested ▁by ▁the ▁Federal ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Investig ation ▁after ▁having ▁been ▁charged ▁under ▁a ▁ 3 7 - count ▁ind ict ment ▁in ▁connection ▁with ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁contract ▁fra ud ▁of ▁millions ▁of ▁dollars ▁in ▁government ▁programs . ▁The ▁arrest ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁federal ▁investigation ▁into ▁alleg ed ▁public ▁cor ruption ▁among ▁elected ▁officials ▁and ▁prominent ▁business people ▁in ▁El ▁Pas o , ▁Texas . ▁Also ▁arrested ▁were ▁Ern esto ▁L ope z ▁and ▁Patrick ▁James ▁Wood s . ▁▁ ▁The ▁office ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁att orney ▁in ▁San ▁Antonio ▁stated ▁that ▁Robert ▁Jones