Prosecutors will ask for prison time for a private contractor who pleaded guilty to smuggling $150,000 from Afghanistan to Kansas in 2011, arguing that it was part of a larger kickback scheme, according to court documents. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson will weigh evidence today at what is expected to be a contentious sentencing hearing […]
Army Maj. John L. Cockerham is escorted into U.S. Federal Court for a sentencing hearing after he was convicted of taking $9.6 million in bribes while serving in Iraq, in the largest such bribery case to come out of the war in Iraq.[/caption] George Lee, a Kuwait-based U.S. defense contractor who was reaping millions as […]
Department of Justice reported a former employee of a U.S. Army contractor and two former U.S. Army staff sergeants pleaded guilty today for their roles in a fraud scheme involving a contract to provide armored vehicles to the U.S. Military in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. […]
MAKS Inc. General Trading and Contracting Co. filed suit in U.S. District Court against EOD Technology, a firm based in Lenoir City that has done extensive work in Afghanistan and Iraq. In October, EODT announced a merger with a Virginia firm called Sterling International view post. While still based in Lenoir City, the company is […]
The Senate recently agreed to make the Pentagon compile annual reports on contracting fraud. The provision by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was added to a Department of Defense authorization bill. “This country has a $16 trillion national debt. It is unacceptable that the Department of Defense continues to lose vast sums of taxpayer money because […]