Two Former Civilian Military Employees and One Military Contractor Convicted in Bribery Scheme at Georgia Military Base
11th March 2015
Two former civilian employees at the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Georgia, and one military contractor were convicted by a federal jury of bribery and fraud charges related to military trucking contracts. The employees and contractor at fault were convicted of honest services wire fraud, bribery, obstructing justice, and theft of government property.
According to evidence presented at trial, the military contractor paid more than $800,000 in bribes to three former officials of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) at the MCLB-Albany to obtain commercial trucking business from the base. As a result of these fraudulent transportation contracts, the company grossed more than $37 million over less than four years. Evidence also shows that approximately $200,000 in bribes were paid to the former inventory control manager of the Distribution Management Center at MCLB-Albany, who used his official position to help the military contractor steal more than $1 million in surplus equipment from the base.
One former United Logistics employee, two former DLA officials, and another MCLB official previously pleaded guilty for their roles in the fraud and corruption scheme.