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Blog 85 20150817 Arab Times Ex-US Army Officer In Camp Arifjan Jailed

When you wonder about the contracting irregularities brought <br><br>to the GAO about Camp Arifjan and the Negative <br><br>Determinations to withhold solicitations, you need look no <br><br>further than Camp Arifjan’s historical record of criminal <br><br>enterprises operating from the base. This Army officer is just <br><br>one in a long line up.

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Blog 85 20150817 Arab Times Ex-US Army Officer In Camp Arifjan Jailed

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  1. 8/15/2015 Arab Times » Ex­US army officer in Camp Arifjan ‘jailed’ Printed Rates Web Banner Rates Contact Register Login   Search in site... Home Kuwait World Business Sports Entertainment Opinion After Iftar Legal Clinic Health ePaper Ex­US Army Officer In Camp Arifjan ‘Jailed’ $253,000 In Gratuities Taken KUWAIT CITY, Aug 10: A retired Army lieutenant colonel from Cibolo has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for taking $253,000 in gratuities from contractors at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, a supply hub for US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan that was rife with corruption. While he was not a contracting officer, Mark L. Moss, 49, oversaw cable, Internet and satellite services for the military in Kuwait for nearly five years and developed a cozy relationship with a pair of contractors there, Al­Pacific LTD Est for Electronics and Makhpiya Project Management, or MPM. In order to not be indicted, he pleaded guilty last September to a charge of committing acts that benefited his financial interests. At his sentencing hearing Thursday, US District Judge Orlando Garcia also ordered him to pay $253,000 in restitution. “I want to be clear, this is not a bribery case,” Moss’ lawyer, Adam Cortez of San Antonio, has previously said. “It was him taking money from companies he had an interest in. He was going to go work for them to get contracts from the government of Kuwait.” While he was a unit commander in Kuwait, Moss accepted free services, dinners, gifts, an expensive Breitling watch, cash hand­delivered to his home or wired to his accounts in San Antonio and debit cards to use at ATMs abroad between November 2007 and June 2010. In exchange, he favored Al­Pacific and MPM during the Army contract award selection process; recommended MPM as a subcontractor to other companies that were awarded contracts; and expedited Al­Pacific and MPM requests for security badges, moving them ahead of all other requests and allowing them more efficient access to Camp Arifjan. “While service members in a conflict zone made great sacrifices, Mr. Moss used his position to line his pockets with a quarter­million dollars,” said Richard Durbin Jr., US attorney for the Western District of Texas. No one else has been charged, and the owner of MPM has since died. The “sentencing demonstrates the severe criminal penalties that result when government officials, motivated purely by greed, betray their oath to this great country and its citizens for their own personal benefit,” said William Cotter, special agent in charge of the IRS’ criminal investigation division in San Antonio. http://www.arabtimesonline.com/ex­us­army­officer­in­camp­arifjan­jailed/ 1/3

  2. 8/15/2015 Agents with the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Army Criminal Investigations Division and the FBI also participated in the investigation. Print Friendly Arab Times » Ex­US army officer in Camp Arifjan ‘jailed’         407   390   0 Read by:1879   Date: 11/08/2015 Write a Reply or Comment Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Name *  Email *  Website   + 5 = 8 Comment Post Comment http://www.arabtimesonline.com/ex­us­army­officer­in­camp­arifjan­jailed/ 2/3

  3. 8/15/2015 Arab Times » Ex­US army officer in Camp Arifjan ‘jailed’ Top 10 News Similar Stories  Hidden Gluten Treacherous For Celiac Sufferers  Extremism Grows In Muslim Migrants  Sultanate Initiative For Syria Solution  Be Frank, Friends Forever’  Driving License For Wife  Cruz, Obama And … ‘El­Sisi’  Rosy Future Seen For Emirate Agriculture  GCC Drawn To Fight As IS Targets Gulf  AUB Announces Readiness To Apply CBK Amendments  More Held In Hezb­Link Terror Bust 12345...10...» Home About US Contact US Web Banner Rates © 2014 Arab Times Kuwait English Daily . All Rights Reserved Powered by:  ArabTimes http://www.arabtimesonline.com/ex­us­army­officer­in­camp­arifjan­jailed/ 3/3

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