Blackwater, covert crime and the 100k belt buckle in the news

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Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the U.S. Department of Defense of More than $450,000
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2010 – /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A Virginia man pleaded guilty today to one count of mail fraud for his participation in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia.

Jonathan Feeney, 28, of Woodbridge, Va., waived his right to an indictment and pleaded guilty to a one-count criminal information in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia before U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema. The information charges Feeney with using the U.S. mails to execute a scheme involving fraudulent invoices to defraud the U. S. Department of Defense.

According to court documents, BAE Systems Training Services Inc. (BAE) maintained a procurement contract with the Defense Department during 2005 and 2006. Under the terms of the contract, BAE would purchase surveillance equipment and subsequently bill the U.S. government for those purchases. According to court documents, Feeney worked as a logistics engineer at BAE and was responsible for purchasing the items needed under the contract. (Click HERE for article)

At Military Contractor’s Trial, a $100,000 Buckle
A. G. SULZBERGER – July 26, 2010 – Several years ago, David H. Brooks, the chief executive and chairman of a body-armor company enriched by United States military contracts, became fixated on the idea of a memory-erasing pill.

It was not just fanciful curiosity. A veterinarian who cared for his stable of racehorses said Mr. Brooks continually talked about the subject, pressing him repeatedly to supply the pill. According to Dr. Seth Fishman, the veterinarian, Mr. Brooks said he had a specific recipient in mind: Dawn Schlegel, the former chief financial officer of the company he led until 2006, DHB Industries.

There is no memory-erasing pill. And so Mr. Brooks sat and listened this year as Ms. Schlegel, her memory apparently intact and keen, spent 23 days testifying against him in a highly unusual trial in United States District Court on Long Island that has been highlighted by sweeping accusations of fraud, insider trading, and company-financed personal extravagance.

DHB, which specialized in making body armor used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, paid for more than $6 million in personal expenses on behalf of Mr. Brooks, covering items as expensive as luxury cars and as prosaic as party invitations, Ms. Schlegel testified.

Also included were university textbooks for his daughter, pornographic videos for his son, plastic surgery for his wife, a burial plot for his mother, prostitutes for his employees, and, for him, a $100,000 American-flag belt buckle encrusted with rubies, sapphires and diamonds. (Click HERE for article)

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1. DynCorp was the primary contractor for covert airlifts via luxury jets for terrorism suspects
2. David H. Brooks puts another conviction under his 100k belt (buckle)
3. Blackwater/XE: No Rules – No Limits – No Bail (Updated links 04-17-2010)
4. Another day another crime – with alleged ties to KBR and LOGCAP
5. Bodie to head up “Crime Central” for KBR!

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Written by Forseti. This entry was posted on August 1, 2010 at 6:42 am and is filed under Combat Support Ass. (CSA), GOV. CONTRACTORS, Indictments, Convictions & Arrests, LOGCAP III - KBR, Qui Tam, Security Contractors. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Tagged Blackwater/Xe, Brian Patton, CEVA, Christopher Drotleff, Combat Support Ass. (CSA), Dave Morgan, David H. Brooks, Dawn Schlegel, DHB Industries, DoD*, Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC), Eagle Global Logistics (EGL), FCPA Violations, Jonathan Feeney, Justin H. Cannon, KBR, LOGCAP III, Morgan Hanks, Northrop Grumman, Noshir S. Gowadia, Panalpina Inc., Paul Arguin, Point Blank Solutions, Sandra Hatfield, U.S. Dept. of Defense*, Victor J. Garber You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.