Former Army major charged in bribery scheme

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Former Army major charged in bribery scheme
By Michael Rubinkam - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Dec 13, 2007 5:32:03 EST

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A former Army major helped steer millions of dollars worth of government contracts to a computer company in exchange for $30,000 in merchandise, federal prosecutors said Wednesday as they announced the latest charge in a long-running bribery case.

Hieu Tran, 52, of Centreville, Va., gave ComputerGiants.com Inc. inside information about the government’s procurement process that allowed the New York-based firm to underbid competitors, prosecutors said.

From 2001 to 2005, Computer Giants was paid $7.8 million for goods and services provided to Tobyhanna Army Depot in northeastern Pennsylvania, the Defense Department’s largest electronics-maintenance facility.

Court documents indicate that Tran intends to plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Tran’s attorney, Douglas C. McNabb, did not immediately return a phone call Wednesday.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/12/ap_majorcharged_071212/

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1. What a cheap whore. Hardly seems worth it.

:sarcasm: