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US moves to drop charges against Kuwait’s Agility

By Forseti | Filed in Agility/PWC/GCC, GOV. CONTRACTORS, Indictments, Convictions & Arrests, Politics

“The government resorted to a series of sharp and unethical tactics, designed to distort – and in some instances create – the evidence to support the government’s after-the-fact interpretation of the contract and to transform what is, at best, a contractual dispute over the proper interpretation of the prime vendor contracts into a criminal prosecution,” according to the court filing in federal court in Atlanta earlier this year.

Shane McGinley – (Arabian Business) – May 21, 2012 – Kuwait’s Agility, the logistics firm accused of fraud in the US, has seen legal proceedings against it dismissed at the request of the US Department of Justice, the company said in a statement on Sunday to the Dubai bourse.

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Tags: Agility, Agility DGS Holdings, Agility DGS Logistics Services Company KSCC, Agility/PWC/GCC, Department of Justice (DoJ), DoJ*

Arrested developments and other news

By Forseti | Filed in Civilian Contractors, GOV. CONTRACTORS, Indictments, Convictions & Arrests, LAWSUITS, U.S. Army

Report: TRC Folded In Inquiry
Haines City firm faced accusations of supplying Army with bad gyroscopes.
Kyle Kennedy – (The Ledger) – HAINES CITY – May 20, 2012 – When Technology Research Consultants landed in Polk County in 2003, the company shined with promise.

But about five years later, the celebrated defense contractor abruptly shut down. Until now, the reason behind its exit has been a mystery.

TRC, which made gyroscopes for the Army’s Black Hawk helicopters, secured millions of dollars’ worth of government contracts and eventually grew to more than 70 employees at the firm’s headquarters in Haines City. Local business and economic development leaders hoped TRC’s award-winning success might attract interest from other technology firms.

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Kerry Khan & Lee Khan plead guilty in USACE bribery scandal

By Forseti | Filed in Civilian Contractors, GOV. CONTRACTORS, Indictments, Convictions & Arrests, Reports & Investigations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

“Today the ringleader of the largest bribery and bid-steering scheme in the history of federal contracting accepted responsibility for his crimes,” said U.S. Attorney Machen. “For his shocking abuse of his position of power, Kerry Khan faces more than two decades in prison. The homes, cars, and jewelry he financed with bribes and kickbacks have now been returned to their rightful owner – the American taxpayer.
~ U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen

Second Former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manager Pleads Guilty in Alleged $30 Million Bribery and Kickback Scheme

Scam Involved Steering of Government Contracts; Official’s Son Also Pleads Guilty to Charges Today
(DoJ) - WASHINGTON – Kerry F. Khan, 54, a former program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, pled guilty today to federal charges of bribery and conspiracy to commit money laundering in a scheme that allegedly involved more than $30 million in bribes and kickback payments and the planned steering of a government contract potentially worth $1 billion.

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Tags: Alaska Native Corporation, Alex N. Cho, Alpha Technology Group, Ananke LLC, Big Surf Construction Management LLC, Contingency Operations Readiness Engineering & Support (CORES), Eyak Corp., Eyak Technology, EyakTek, Harold F. Babb, James Edward Miller, Kerry F. Khan, Lee A. Khan, Michael A. Alexander, Nova Datacom LLC, Robert L. McKinney, Technology for Infrastructure Geospatial and Environmental Requirements (TIGER), USACE

Former CPT Nicole E. Luvera pleads guilty to thefts at Camp Speicher

By Forseti | Filed in Indictments, Convictions & Arrests, U.S. Army

Former U.S. Army Captain Pleads Guilty to Theft of Government Property at Camp Speicher, Iraq

(DoJ) – WASHINGTON – May 17, 2012 – A former captain in the U.S. Army pleaded guilty today to one count of theft of government property for stealing $48,000 from a safe at Camp Speicher, Iraq, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.

Nicole E. Luvera, 29, of Newnan, Ga., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg in Atlanta to a criminal information charging her with one count of theft of government property.

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Tags: Army CID*, Camp Speicher, Capt. Nicole E. Luvera, International Contract Corruption Task Force (ICCTF), SIGIR

Officials: Nearly $2 million in guns, combat gear sold to gangs

By Forseti | Filed in Indictments, Convictions & Arrests, Reports & Investigations, U.S. Marine Corps

Lindell Kay And Mike Mchugh – (The Daily News) – May 15, 2012 – A wide-reaching investigation by military and civilian authorities has uncovered a criminal conspiracy within the Armed Forces to steal and sell nearly $2 million in guns and combat gear to gangs in the U.S. and foreign countries including China, military officials have confirmed.

The probe began more than a year and a half ago when agents with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service began to conduct undercover operations to disrupt and reduce the theft, transfer, sale and possession of stolen U.S. Government property. With the aid of Marine and Naval authorities, NCIS has recovered $1.8 million in stolen guns and combat gear to include assault rifles, night-vision goggles, flashlights and other items, military officials said.

Those involved are accused of stealing, over-ordering or otherwise obtaining equipment and selling guns locally and other gear over the Internet to people in foreign countries including China and Russia, officials said.

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