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For Immediate=20 = Release
May=20 20, 2009=20 = <= /STRONG>

Washington D.C.
FBI National = Press=20 Office
(202)=20 = 324-3691

Highlighting=20 Recent FBI Public Corruption=20 Investigations

Public corruption is one of the = FBI=92s top=20 investigative priorities=97behind only terrorism, = espionage, and=20 cyber crimes=97and is the top priority of the FBI=92s = Criminal=20 Investigative Division. It can affect everything from = how well=20 our borders are secured and our neighborhoods = protected to=20 verdicts handed down in courts to the quality of our = roads and=20 schools. It also takes a significant toll on our = pocketbooks=20 by siphoning off tax dollars. It is estimated that = public=20 corruption costs the U.S. government and the public = billions=20 of dollars each year.

=93Public corruption erodes public = confidence and=20 undermines the strength of our democracy. In = investigating=20 these crimes, the FBI can leverage tools such as = undercover=20 operations and electronic surveillance to root out = those who=20 betray the public trust,=94 said Assistant Director = Kenneth W.=20 Kaiser of the FBI=92s Criminal Investigative = Division.

The FBI=92s Public Corruption Program = also targets=20 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. To combat=20 international corruption, the FBI has created a number = of=20 target-specific programs. For example, the = International=20 Contract Corruption Initiative addresses growing = corruption=20 within the global community. The International = Contract=20 Corruption Task Force addresses the systemic, = long-term,=20 multi-billion dollar contract corruption and = procurement fraud=20 crime problem linked to the war and reconstruction = efforts in=20 Iraq and Afghanistan. This multi-agency task force = combines=20 the efforts of the FBI, the Defense Criminal = Investigative=20 Service, the Army Criminal Investigative Division, the = Special=20 Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, the United = States=20 Agency for International Development, and the = Department of=20 State.

A selection of recent press releases = from 2009=20 related to public corruption investigations is listed = below.=20 For more information, visit http://www.fbi.gov/.

On 01/08/2009, a former executive at a = California valve=20 company pled guilty to bribing foreign government = officials.=20 More
On 01/08/2009, a retired Army Major pled guilty = in a=20 bribery scheme involving Department of Defense = contracts in=20 Kuwait. More
On 01/21/2009, Puerto Rico Senator Jorge De = Castro Font=20 pled guilty to honest services wire fraud and = conspiracy to=20 commit extortion More
On 01/23/2009, a former New York Power Authority = employee was sentenced to 37 months in jail for a = bribery=20 and fraud scheme. More
On 02/03/2009, the former finance director of a=20 California valve company pled guilty to bribing = foreign=20 government officials. More
On 02/05/2009, a government contractor was = sentenced to=20 30 months in prison on bribery charges. More
On 02/11/2009, Kellogg Brown & Root LLC pled = guilty=20 to foreign bribery charges and agreed to pay a $402 = million=20 criminal fine. More
On 02/24/2009, a former employee of the = Export-Import=20 Bank of the United States was charged with = corruption and=20 tax violations. More
On 03/05/2009, two UK citizens were charged by = the=20 United States with bribing Nigerian government = officials to=20 obtain lucrative contracts as part of a joint = venture scheme=20 involving Kellogg, Brown & Root Inc. More
On 03/05/2009, a former U.S. Tax Court official = was=20 sentenced for engaging in a conspiracy to commit = bribery. More
On 03/06/2009, a former staff member in the U.S. = House=20 of Representatives was indicted on corruption = charges. More
On 03/10/2009, a former Congressional staffer = pled=20 guilty to conspiracy to commit honest services = fraud. More
On 03/12/2009, a former Alaska State = Representative pled=20 guilty to public corruption charges. More
On 03/19/2009, a third defendant pled guilty to = a money=20 laundering scheme involving bribes for contracts at = a Kuwait=20 Army base. More
On 03/26/2009, a former Michigan school official = was=20 sentenced to 46 months in jail for participating in = a fraud=20 scheme. More
On 04/03/2009, a lobbyist was sentenced for = destroying=20 evidence in a public corruption investigation. More
On 04/09/2009, two Department of Defense = contractors=20 were charged in a bribery conspiracy related to = contracts in=20 Afghanistan. More
On 04/21/2009, a former military official pled = guilty to=20 participating in a bribery conspiracy involving a = $206=20 million telecommunications contract in Korea. More
On 05/06/2009, a Korean businessman was indicted = in a=20 bribery conspiracy and wire fraud scheme involving a = $206=20 million contract. More

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