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HONOLULU, HAWAII = =E2=80=93 DAVID SILIVANO=20 GILLIAM, age 39, appeared in federal district court = this=20 afternoon and entered a plea of not guilty to a = six-count=20 indictment returned on February 11, 2009.=20

GILLIAM, a former Captain in the United States = Army, is=20 charged with theft of government property, bulk cash=20 smuggling, interstate and foreign transportation of = stolen=20 money, money laundering, and making false statements = to=20 federal officers.=20

The charges stem from his theft of approximately = $400,000=20 in United States currency while acting as a Disbursing = Officer=20 for the Army Alpha Detachment, 125th Finance Battalion = out of=20 Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Edward H. Kubo, Jr., the United States Attorney for = the=20 District of Hawaii, said according to the indictment, = GILLIAM=20 committed the theft of funds while stationed at = Kandahar Air=20 Base in Afghanistan. He smuggled the funds from = Afghanistan to=20 Hawaii, where he used the stolen money to engage in a = number=20 of financial transactions.=20

GILLIAM subsequently relocated to South Carolina, = taking=20 the stolen funds with him and continuing to spend the=20 proceeds.

According to the indictment, GILLIAM made = materially false=20 statements regarding the source of cash he had used to = purchase a cashier's check in the amount of $254,000. = He=20 claimed the cash came from a dating service he had = operated=20 while stationed with the Army at Fort Clay in Panama.

Trial is set for May 12, 2009. GILLIAM faces a = maximum=20 sentence of ten years imprisonment for the theft,=20 transportation of stolen funds, and money laundering = charges,=20 and a maximum term of imprisonment of five years for = the bulk=20 cash smuggling and false statements charges.

The case resulted from a joint investigation by the = IRS -=20 Criminal Investigation Division, the Defense Criminal=20 Investigative Service, the United States Army Criminal = Investigation Division Command, and the Department of = Homeland=20 Security =E2=80=93 Immigration and Customs = Enforcement. The=20 prosecution is being handled by Assistant United = States=20 Attorney Clare Connors.

Elliot Enoki is with the US Attorney's = office=20

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