Bloomberg reports that three former employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have been charged along with two other men with participating in a bribery and kickback scheme involving more than $50 million in Iraqi contracts. The indictment unsealed on Thursday in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, [U.S. v. Markus, 11-cr-366, U.S. […]
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Army Engineer Accused of Iraq Contract Bribes
Federal authorities say a U.S. Army engineer took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes for funneling Iraq reconstruction contracts to friends, building a $1.1 million mansion with the proceeds. John Alfy Salama Markus, 38, was arrested at his home on Wednesday and charged in New Jersey with money laundering and conspiracy to commit bribery […]