A federal contracting officer and three businessmen pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a $550 million bribery scheme involving the embattled US Agency for International Development (USAID).

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A federal contracting officer and three businessmen have pleaded guilty in a scheme involving bribes like cash, NBA tickets, and a country club wedding in a scandal the Department of Justice (DOJ ...

The scheme spanned a decade and was tied to at least 14 USAID contracts that cost U.S. taxpayers over $550 million, according to the statement. 57-year-old Roderick Watson of Woodstock, Maryland ...

The scheme began in 2013 when Watson agreed to accept bribes from Britt in exchange for steering USAID contracts to Apprio, which qualified for sole-source and set-aside contracts under the SBA ...

The scheme ran from 2013 to 2023, when USAID caught wind of the arrangement, according to court filings.The plea agreements note a January 2023 text message exchange between Barnes and Watson, in ...

A former contractor for a program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was sentenced over his role in a fraud scheme, according to the Washington, D. C.

Former USAID official, three contractors plead guilty in $550M bribery scheme Their decades-long conspiracy involved rigged contracts, NBA tickets, mortgage payments, securities fraud and cash.

Watson and Walter Barnes III, the founder of the Towson-based consulting firm that won many of those contracts, both pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. Barnes, 46, is the ...

The scheme dates back to 2013, when Watson, working as a USAID contracting officer, agreed to use his influence at the government agency to steer contracts to Britt’s Apprio firm in exchange for ...