FBI agents have arrested a Puerto Rican senator and eight others on bribery and corruption charges.

Abel Nazario was arrested late Wednesday on the charges.

Prosecutors say Nazario misused tax payer money from 2000 to 2016 to pay his senatorial campaign team.

The senator was also accused of being involved in ordering false time sheets and work attendance records to support the illegal paychecks.

Nazario has denied the charges. He faces 10 years in prison along with a $250,000 fine.