Posted on 11/13/2019 1:56:06 PM PST by ransomnote
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Former U.S. Army Range Director Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme A former senior U.S. Army civilian employee pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to accept over $100,000 in bribes while serving as the director of the range at Hawaii’s Schofield Barracks and to a related firearms offense.
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenji M. Price for the District of Hawaii, Special Agent in Charge Ray Park of the Pacific Field Office for the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (Army-CID), Special Agent in Charge Bryan Denny of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service's (DCIS) Western Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Eli S. Miranda of FBI’s Honolulu Field Office made the announcement.
Victor Garo, 67, of Mililani, Hawaii, pleaded guilty before Chief Judge J. Michael Seabright of the District of Hawaii to a two-count information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and one count of illegally transporting firearms across state lines. Sentencing is scheduled for March 2020 before Chief Judge Seabright.
According to admissions in his plea agreement, from 2011 through 2018, while employed as the range director at Schofield Barracks in Oahu, Garo accepted over $100,000 worth of bribes—including in cash, automobiles and firearms—from an employee of a federal contractor that sought and received business from the U.S. Army. In return, Garo used his position to benefit the contractor in securing U.S. Army contracts, he admitted.
Garo is the second public official and third individual to plead guilty as a result of an ongoing investigation into fraud and bribery at Schofield Barracks.
Army-CID, DCIS and the FBI investigated this case with assistance from the Defense Contract Audit Agency. Trial Attorney Laura Connelly and Assistant Chief Justin Weitz of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Wallenstein of the District for Hawaii are prosecuting the case.
This is what I mean when I talk about the fact that President Trump cannot FIX everything by himself. While we whine and wail about the corruption in federal political circles, it wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the corruption in our society all the way down to the dogcatcher.
I’m sorry, but we are going to have to start hanging thieves.
There are too many of them and they aren’t afraid of being forced to go to prison.
Party affiliation not mentioned 4 times in headline. Must be a democrat
Hawaii.........Democrat stronghold..................
He needs the NORK AA gun treatment on the Schofield range.
So this scumbag receives $100,000 in bribes.
That bribe money came from taxes we paid the federal government.
You and I worked so this jackass could provide more stolen money to thieves.
That would be poetic justice.
The company I used to work for had a contract for components for an artillery radar for a firing range.... I wonder....
There is no honor in this. We all took an oath when we enlisted. And that oath would have covered this. He broke his oath. (By the way, there is no end to the oath you take when you enlist. I take it to mean the rest of my life) He should be prosecuted and imprisoned to the full extent of the law
This could be fixed if our government actually worked properly and people payed dearly for this.
If you are going to steal from the government, steal an aircraft carrier or an F35 jet. You are still going to jail, but at least everyone will remember you.
Glad they busted him. Meanwhile the clintoons walk free.
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