Heh - check out this 'Moran' (Bribing Army Colonel)

Former contractor executives plead guilty to conflict of interest charges

By Kimberly Palmer
kpalmer@govexec.com

Two former executives of a federal contractor have pleaded guilty to violating conflict of interest rules, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein said Monday.

Young Y. Lee, former president and chief executive of Information Systems Support Inc. and Lorn J. MacUmber, former senior vice president of ISS, admitted to helping a former Army colonel break procurement rules by offering him a job while he was evaluating the company's contracting bids.

Lee and MacUmber repeatedly took former Army Colonel Richard J. Moran out to dinner and offered him a $125,000-a-year job while the company was bidding on awards for which he was responsible. Moran pleaded guilty in 2003 to conspiracy and bribery charges and is currently serving a prison sentence.

ISS, a Gaithersburg, Md.-based contractor that supplies information technology and other services to federal agencies, said the infractions only involved the two executives and did not indicate a problem with the company. In a statement, officials said the company had given its "full and complete cooperation" to the investigation and that prosecutors determined that ISS should not be charged as a result of the former employees' behavior.

http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0705/072605k1.htm