Bribed USAID Official Helps Minority Businesses Get $550 Mil in Contracts in Decade-Long Scheme
Judicial Watch
In yet another case that demonstrates the deep-rooted corruption at the dismantled United States Agency for International Development (USAID) a contracting officer at the scandal-plagued State Department offshoot has pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official for running a decade-long scheme involving over half a billion dollars in contracts. The criminal operation was facilitated by a government program that helps socially and economically disadvantaged business by giving them lucrative federal contracting opportunities through “set-asides and solo-source” contracts exclusively available to minorities and women without a competitive bidding process. All the parties involved in this criminal enterprise, including the veteran USAID employee, are minorities.
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