U.S. Dual Citizen Contractor Agrees to Plea and Fines in First U.S. Extradition from Iraq Bribery Prosecution

30th March 2015

A former U.S Department of Defense contractor, with dual U.S and Turkish citizenship, who headed two companies that sought U.S. military contracts connected with operations in Iraq from 2006 to 2008, agreed to plead guilty in a Ohio federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and failure to appear during pretrial. The former contractor allegedly offered U.S. officials bribes and kickbacks to secure service and construction contracts. A plea agreement of 30 to 65 months in prison and fines of up to $1 million was reached.

After being charged in June 2008, the former contractor was placed on electronic monitoring pending a hearing in Dayton, Ohio until he allegedly fled the U.S after cutting off his electronic monitoring bracelet. In July 2014, he was extradited from Iraq and prosecuted in what was considered to be the first extradition from Iraq under a 1936 treaty between Iraq and the U.S.