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Friday, December 07, 2012

US Marine Pleads To Taking $150K In Bribes In Iraq

Federal prosecutors in San Diego say a U.S. Marine has pleaded guilty to accepting $150,000 in bribes from contractors while stationed in Iraq.

The U.S. attorney's office says 36-year-old Staff Sgt. Gilbert Mendez pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to defraud the United States.

Mendez worked as a contracting officer at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, in 2006 and 2007.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

doesnt he know only politicians and lobbyists are allowed to get away with this?

Anonymous said...

Ha, Politicians do this daily; look what Obama has stolen from our Children already.