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Two Individuals Charged with Attempting to Bribe U.S. Army Contracting Official   no comments

Posted at 11:07 am in General

Two dual Afghan/U.S. citizens were charged today with conspiracy and bribery in connection with a scheme to offer $1 million in bribes to a U.S. Army contracting official in order to influence the award of a road construction contract in Afghanistan.

Rohullah Farooqi Lodin, 48, from Irvine, Calif., and Hashmatullah Farooqi, 38, from New York City, were charged today in a two-count indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. The indictment charges each defendant with one count of conspiracy to defraud and commit an offense against the United States and one count of attempting to bribe a public official.

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Written by writer on July 31st, 2009

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