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Officials indict 5 in Iraq contract scam

 

By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer 27 minutes ago

 

WASHINGTON - Three Army Reserve officers and a U.S. contractor were indicted Wednesday as part of a bid-rigging scam that steered millions of dollars of

Iraq reconstruction projects to a contractor in exchange for cash, luxury cars, jewelry and other pricey goods.

 

The husband of one of the military officials also was charged with helping to smuggle at least $10,000 into the United States that the couple used to pay for improvements to their New Jersey house.

 

The scam was outlined in a 25-count indictment filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey.

 

The three U.S. Army Reserve officers were responsible for helping to supervise how the U.S.-managed Coalition Provisional Authority spent an estimated $26 billion available for reconstruction projects in Iraq. They were in those posts in 2003 and 2004.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070207/ap_on_go_ot/iraq_contract_bribes

 

CORPORATE CRIME REPORTER

 

Department of Defense Contractor Gets Nine Years in Prison for Iraq Bribery

21 Corporate Crime Reporter 6, January 29, 2007

 

A former Department of Defense contractor was sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to forfeit $3.6 million for his role in a bribery and fraud scheme involving contracts in the reconstruction of Iraq.

 

Robert J. Stein, 52, of Fayetteville, N.C. was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.

 

The judge also sentenced Stein to three years of supervised release.

 

Stein was arrested in Fayetteville on Nov. 14, 2005, and pled guilty on February 2, 2006 to a variety of charges, including bribery, money laundering, and conspiracy in connection with a scheme to defraud the Coalition Provisional Authority â?? South Central Region (CPA-SC) in al-Hillah, Iraq.

 

"Robert Stein will now spend nine years in jail for exploiting his public position and accepting bribes for contracts during the rebuilding of Iraq," said Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher.

 

Stein admitted to participating in a complex bribery, fraud and money laundering scheme while serving as the comptroller and funding officer for the CPA-SC.

 

http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/stein012907.htm