Contracting representative for the U. S. Army pleads guilty to bribery charge involving fraudulent invoices submitted by South Korean contractors.
A contracting representative for the U. S. Army has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to a federal bribery charge involving fraudulent invoices submitted by South Korean contractors.
The U. S. attorney’s office says 50-year-old Marcus Flowers of Enterprise, Alabama, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit bribery.
U. S. District Judge Percy Anderson set sentencing for Sept. 11. The offense carries a maximum of five years in prison.
Flowers was responsible for approving invoices from contractors who install closed-circuit television systems at U. S. military installations in South Korea.
Prosecutors say he accepted bribes worth at least $170,000 and up to more than $500,000 in cash and goods in return for approving payments to contractors who did not install the systems or installed cheap inferior models instead of those required by contracts.
