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Oregon defense firm chief pleads guilty to $171 million conspiracy
Source: Reuters
World | Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:11pm EDT
Oregon defense firm chief pleads guilty to $171 million conspiracy
SEATTLE | BY ERIC M. JOHNSON
The owner of an Oregon-based defense firm pleaded guilty on Monday to plying a U.S. official with cash, meals in Vietnam and Costa Rica, and an Alaska fishing trip during a decade-long conspiracy to win business worth $171 million, a prosecutor said.
The man, who uses the single name, "Sky," pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge on Monday in a federal court in Portland, Oregon, Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Nyhus said.
Sky was accused of heaping gifts on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers program manager in a bid to secure government contracts for his Ashland, Oregon-based firm from 2002 through 2013 under what Nyhus called a "wink-and-a-nod agreement."
"There was an expectation that the gratuities would continue," Nyhus told Reuters.
In total, Sky's firm, Sky Research, Inc, or SRI, which primarily provided services to the government for detecting un-exploded bombs and other munitions, received $77 million under nine contracts worth roughly $171 million, according to charging documents filed last week in U.S. District Court in Portland.
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Oregon defense firm chief pleads guilty to $171 million conspiracy
SEATTLE | BY ERIC M. JOHNSON
The owner of an Oregon-based defense firm pleaded guilty on Monday to plying a U.S. official with cash, meals in Vietnam and Costa Rica, and an Alaska fishing trip during a decade-long conspiracy to win business worth $171 million, a prosecutor said.
The man, who uses the single name, "Sky," pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge on Monday in a federal court in Portland, Oregon, Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Nyhus said.
Sky was accused of heaping gifts on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers program manager in a bid to secure government contracts for his Ashland, Oregon-based firm from 2002 through 2013 under what Nyhus called a "wink-and-a-nod agreement."
"There was an expectation that the gratuities would continue," Nyhus told Reuters.
In total, Sky's firm, Sky Research, Inc, or SRI, which primarily provided services to the government for detecting un-exploded bombs and other munitions, received $77 million under nine contracts worth roughly $171 million, according to charging documents filed last week in U.S. District Court in Portland.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oregon-fraud-idUSKCN0XF2UW
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No charges had been filed against the Corps of Engineers program manager, identified in court documents only as J.H., who oversaw a defense department military
munitions program from Omaha, Nebraska, though the case continues to be reviewed, Nyhus said.
munitions program from Omaha, Nebraska, though the case continues to be reviewed, Nyhus said.
The guy who accepted the "expectation of gratuities" should be liable for 10x the guy trying to give him gratuities. If there were no acceptance, this would never have happened and the acceptor (J.H.) has a larger fiduciary role than (Sky) making the offer. Meanwhile the businessowner, was providing an actual service for their contract and fulfilling it to satisfaction.
Businessowner goes to jail for trying to get business, whereas the corrupt government employee is currently not indicted.
