La. businessman sentenced in kickback plot
Source: Associated Press
La. businessman sentenced in kickback plot
| August 22, 2013 | Updated: August 22, 2013 12:01pm
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A businessman whom a Louisiana senator fought to have released from captivity overseas has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for taking kickbacks from a subcontractor on a military construction project in Afghanistan.
Elton McCabe III of Slidell, La., pleaded guilty in May to a conspiracy charge.
He worked in Afghanistan for an American company that provided construction services to the U.S. military. Federal prosecutors say he awarded a $3.2 million subcontract to an alleged co-conspirator's company in 2009 in exchange for $60,000 in kickbacks.
Before he was charged in the scheme, McCabe was detained in South Sudan on charges he kidnapped an Indian businessman.
Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter campaigned for his release, threatening foreign aid to the country.
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