NY Army captain admits taking money to steer Iraq contracts

[sabra]

Source: NewsDay/AP

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) _ A 10th Mountain Division captain faces up to 15 years in prison for taking a bribe to steer U.S. Army contracts and stealing military property while stationed in Iraq.

Austin Key, 27, of Watertown, is scheduled to be sentenced in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on June 27. Key was freed on a $500,000 bond, with restrictions imposed on his travel.

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Among other wrongdoing, Key admitted demanding a $50,000 bribe from a businessman while he was in charge of procurement at Camp Liberty in Baghdad.

According to the court documents, he also admitted:

_ Accepting tens of thousands of dollars in cash in exchange for accompanying contractors' trucks to obtain fuel they weren't entitled to from a depot at Camp Liberty.

_ Stealing several hundred dollars from an Army petty cash fund at the camp.

_ Stealing several thousand rounds of ammunition from the camp and selling them to a contractor for about $400.

_ And stealing about 150 gallons of oil to sell to a contractor.



Read more: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--armybribearrest0104jan04,0,3432216.story

[Rageneau]

1. There goes the promising career of a Republican congressman.

His mistake was he became corrupt too early -- before the Bush Justice Dept could protect him.

[atreides1]

2. WTF????

Where does an Army Captain get that kind of money for bail?

[harmonicon]

4. all the bribes he didn't admit to? nt.

[xchrom]

3. huh. -- he's only doing what the major corporations are getting out of the white house.

[Blue_Tires]

5. small change....follow the trail to the ones stealing the BILLIONS!

[salin]

6. bingo!