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Blog 100 Blog 100 US Army Civilian Translator Faheem Salam Charged

The man charged, Faheem Mousa Salam, 27 hails from Livonia, Michigan, and was arrested at Dulles International Airport as he returned from Iraq. He worked as a civilian translator for Titan Corporation and had been living in Iraq. He was charged with offering a bribe to a foreign official under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Details provided by the press release indicate that Salam made a $60,000 offer to a senior Iraqi police official. He sought the official's help in the sale to a police training group of approximately 1,000 armored vests as well as a sophisticated map printer. The two items were to sell for $1 million.

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