Military contractor sentenced in San Diego for multimillion-dollar Africa fraud [Breaking]
The U.S. military has two battles it’s fighting in Africa, Assistant United States Attorney Mark Pletcher said Friday in San Diego federal court. One is against extremist groups such as Boko Haram and al-Shabaab, and one is to win the “hearts and minds” of the African people.
Sabraw said that while Pollock and her company had done “amazing” contracting work for the military in Afghanistan, that changed when the company expanded to Africa. In 2011, the company began bidding on jobs in Africa, winning 22 construction contracts with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the next seven years for military and humanitarian projects.
The conspiracy lasted from at least September 2011 to February 2018, according to the plea agreement, and included submitting fraudulent quality-control documents, concrete strength tests and material certification records. She said she abused the power given to her and her company “because of pride and ambition. I compromised my integrity.”
Pollock’s plea agreement stipulates that one of her co-conspirators was her business partner and husband, who has not been charged.
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