A goo-goo-eyed MTA higher-up flirted with a crafty saleswoman, and taxpayers ended up shelling out beaucoup bucks over her jacked-up wares — which included $78 scrub brushes worth $8, officials say.
The now-former agency worker, Assistant Deputy Chief Procurement Officer Omar Messado, began a questionable personable relationship with the woman, who peddled transit equipment, in mid-2023, according to MTA Inspector General Daniel Cort’s office Tuesday.
The pair met after hours and exchanged hundreds of texts — some sexually suggestive — and phone calls as their relationship grew, said a report issued by the office.
“Hey, you never know. You may have a skill I know nothing about. But it could be fun to discover,” Messado texted the unidentified woman Aug. 11, 2023…