This has been going on for decades. I personally know of an example from the early 70's,when a local black guy I knew and had worked with at a local golf course got the contract to repave a local section of a US highway. He had never even worked on road repair,never mind have the knowledge or equipment to handle the job.
What he DID have was an uncle who was a minister who could be guaranteed to bring out the vote for candidate running as a Dim.
So,he got the contract,and immediately sold it to a large paving company with DNC connections. They managed to arrange financing for him to buy a good used dump truck,and gave him a contract to haul asphalt. I was working for that paving company at the time,so know what was going on. Hell,he was bragging about it.
Later on his career as a rap star fizzled,so he is now an ordained minister that also owns/runs a mobile car wash business.
I have been told he does a booming bidnez wid the local widders,as well as the white yankee widows who have retirement homes here. I have seen him with the white widows,and just heard rumors about "serving the black widders".
I do know that in addition to the new mini-van he uses for his mobile car wash business,he has a new,or almost new,2 seat sports car because I have seen him driving it. Might be a BMW,might be a Nissan if they still build 2 seat sports cars with convertible tops.