January 20, 2012
A Hawaii federal judge has sentenced a former sergeant and a sergeant major in the U.S. Army to 51 months and 31 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a government contracts bribery scheme at Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
August 02, 2011
Two U.S. military officers accused of participating in a bribery scheme involving construction contracts at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan withdrew their not guilty pleas Monday after reaching plea deals with Hawaii prosecutors.
May 18, 2011
A federal judge in Hawaii paved the way Tuesday for an Illinois court to merge a pair of nearly identical prosecutions against Afghan-American brothers accused of bribing a U.S. military official for construction contracts at Bagram Airfield.
April 19, 2011
Two Afghan-American brothers charged with bribing U.S. military officials for construction contracts at Bagram Airfield asked a Hawaii court Monday to merge their case with a parallel case against them in Illinois, saying prosecutors and the defendants would benefit.
March 16, 2011
The U.S. government agreed on Wednesday to sever a former U.S. Army sergeant from a bribery and money laundering case involving soldiers at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan accused of receiving kickbacks from a government contractor.
March 04, 2011
A former U.S. Army sergeant charged with taking kickbacks in connection to a military supply contract in Afghanistan said Thursday in a Hawaii federal court that he made statements to FBI and U.S. Department of Justice officials without being properly informed of his rights.
March 01, 2011
A Hawaii federal judge on Monday ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over documents to former Army contracting officers at Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base accused of accepting a $50,000 bribe for approving a supply transport contract.