Khaaan ! Now we know where SOME of the gummint waste goes.... Army Corps Program Manager gets 30 years for scam of "Hist

[cbelt3]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ex--...story.html

"He was a career federal bureaucrat with a dark side, inflating government contracts by millions of dollars and then shaking down contractors for the proceeds. The money funded a lavish and sordid lifestyle — a real estate empire in Northern Virginia, leased BMWs, Neiman Marcus shopping sprees, and mistresses in three states and the Philippines. "

Wonder if some of his contracts helped build the shoddy federal pen he's going to live in. Karma !

[Lemon Drop]

Well at least he wasn't on food stamps.

[haikuman]

I wonder why they are not posting photos of these guys ?
"GREAT" to see there will be some justice and ideally even the recovery
of some funds . . .

[SDGuy]

Another one?!!??
Seems like one of these pops up every 4-5 months, across the entire DoD - Navy, Marines, Air Force, Army for this one.

WTF are these people thinking?? (for those of us who remain - being a COR is a major PITA now, thanks to these folks - hope they rot for a good, long while...)

[haikuman]

"hope they rot for a good, long while...)"

Egggactly SDGuy ~!~

[Lemon Drop]

Glad he was caught, but this is just a drop compared with the waste and corruption in Iraq and Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Nearly $9 billion of money spent on Iraqi reconstruction is unaccounted for because of inefficiencies and bad management, according to a watchdog report published Sunday.

(and after a while that starts to be real money...)

[haikuman]

Lemon Drop wrote:
Glad he was caught, but this is just a drop compared with the waste and corruption in Iraq and Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Nearly $9 billion of money spent on Iraqi reconstruction is unaccounted for because of inefficiencies and bad management, according to a watchdog report published Sunday.

(and after a while that starts to be real money...)

There is also this :

http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/10/milita...ad-quarter

Military Wastes Millions on Headquarters Never To Be Used
Guy Bentley|Jul. 10, 2013 5:00 pm

The U.S. military has wasted $34 million on a vast new headquarters in Afghanistan which will most likely never be used by U.S. forces. The 64,000 square foot monument to government incompetence stands vacant at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan.

The Washington Post:

The windowless, two-story structure, which is larger than a football field, was completed this year at a cost of $34 million. But the military has no plans to ever use it. Commanders in the area, who insisted three years ago that they did not need the building, now arein the process of withdrawing forces and see no reason to move into the new facility.

So what is to be the fate of the military’s latest white elephant?

“The building will probably be demolished," said John F. Sopko, special inspector general for reconstruction in Afghanistan. "Unfortunately, it is unused, unoccupied, and presumably will never be used for its intended purpose.”


A lot more stuff here:

http://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreport...4-30qr.pdf

quarterly report - Special Inspector General for Afghanistan ...
www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2013-04-30qr.pdf
Apr 30, 2013 - A U.S. Marine Corps squad leader and a rifleman, both from 3rd Battalion, ... To date, Congress has provided nearly $93 billion to build Afghan security forces, ...... uncovered $5 million spent for unused incinerators; and found a success ...... $35. $40. $45. $50. $55. $60. $65. $70. $75. $80. $85. $90. $95.