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Keith Johnson, 46, and his wife, Angela Johnson, 44, of Maryville, Tenn., pleaded guilty today to their roles in a $9.7 million procurement fraud scheme. The Johnsons were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud charges. Keith Johnson faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and Angela Johnson faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison when they are sentenced on Feb. 14, 2014.

In a statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Keith Johnson admitted to serving as the program manager for a Department of Defense contractor that operated a central maintenance facility (CMF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, and other facilities in that country to maintain and repair vehicles used by the Afghan National Army. In his position during 2007 to 2008, Keith Johnson was involved in purchasing vehicle parts from vendors.

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While total revenues for the Defense News Top 100 are up +3%, defense-related revenues are down -3%. This is the second year of declining defense-related revenues. This revenue paradox for defense contractors is emblematic of a trend toward diversification toward commercial markets.

In 2013, Waltham-based defense giant Raytheon Co. secured 1,713 contracts valued at $3.3 billion; American Science and Engineering Inc. received 1,067 valued at $500M. But defense contractors in Massachusetts, the region and across the nation are bracing for budget reductions in the United States and elsewhere which will affect profits this fiscal year.

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The Navy said Wednesday that it had suspended a ship-supply company for significantly overcharging on a contract, the second such suspension since mid-September. The company, Inchcape Shipping Services, owned by the Dubai-based Istithmar World, mainly supplies Navy ships in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

The Navy is already grappling with a criminal investigation of its main ship supplier in the Pacific, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, whose owner, Leonard Glenn Francis, was arrested in September on charges of conspiring to bribe Navy officials with prostitutes and gifts.

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