May 6, 2009
Civilian Contractor, U.S. Army Major and His Wife Indicted for Alleged Bribe Scheme Involving Contracts at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait
Washington - A 23-count indictment unsealed today alleges that a civilian
contractor paid more than $2.8 million in bribes to a U.S. Army contracting official stationed at
Camp Arifjan, an Army base in Kuwait, and the official’s wife, and that the three individuals
committed honest services fraud and money laundering offenses in connection with the same
conduct, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced.
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May 6 , 2009
Korean Businessman Indicted in Bribery Conspiracy and Wire Fraud Scheme Involving $206 Million Contract
WASHINGTON - A South Korean businessman was indicted today for his alleged role
in a bribery conspiracy for a $206 million telecommunications contract involving employees of
the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), Assistant Attorney General Lanny A.
Breuer of the Criminal Division announced.
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May 4, 2009
U.S. Charges Bolingbrook Man with Bribery In Connection with Awarding Army Corps of Engineers Contract in Iraq
CHICAGO - A Bolingbrook man working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq and Afghanistan was arrested Saturday on federal bribery charges for allegedly soliciting $40,000 from a contractor who was awarded a $2.5 million project to build city parks in Kirkuk, Iraq, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, Joselito Domingo, appeared today in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, after being taken into custody at Baltimore Washington International Airport over the weekend upon his return from Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan. Domingo was confronted by law enforcement on April 28 as he left the Western Union office at Bagram after he allegedly retrieved $4,770 that he believed was sent to him by the contractor who was cooperating with the FBI and Defense Department agencies throughout the investigation.
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