filed under: Corruption

Paul Chehade – Make Lobbying (also Lobby) Illegal. Lobbying (also Lobby) sounds illegal to me and others. Corporations DO NOT vote so how is it they hire most of the lobbyist? Just because they have the means and money to hire lobbyist they then have the means to induce politicians to be in their favor […]

The State Department lists Afghanistan as a major money-laundering country whose financial institutions either engage in, or are vulnerable to, transactions involving significant criminal proceeds, all of which “continue to pose serious threats to the security and development of Afghanistan.” Money laundering is the process in which the proceeds of crime are transformed into ostensibly […]

As the result of a joint investigation by SIGAR  (Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction) , the Department of State Inspector General and the ICCTF, the Air Force Suspension and Debarment Official debarred Abdul Masould Walizada based on his offers to prepare fabricated customs of documents for goods shipped into Afghanistan from Iran. Walizada, a government […]

On December 16, 2014, in the Eastern District of Texas, George E. Green was arrested subsequent to a five count federal indictment for violations of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and structuring financial transactions. The investigation was initiated after USAID received allegations that Green, an employee of International Relief Development (IRD), had solicited and received […]

On December 15, 2014, in the District of Arizona, Robert Bertolini was sentenced to three months of imprisonment followed by seven months of home detention, three years of probation upon release, and forfeiture of $59,975 to the U.S. government. In July 2014, Bertolini, a former employee of Lakeshore Engineering Services Inc. (LES), a subsidiary of […]