Posted on 03/12/2009 8:58:08 AM PDT by FoxInSocks
WASHINGTON - Two officials in the D.C.'s Office of the Chief Technology Officer have been arrested in a federal bribery sting, sources tell WTOP.
D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer employees Sushil Bansal and 40-year-old Yusuf Acar have been arrested, sources tell WTOP.
Acar was taken into custody Thursday morning by FBI agents at his home in Northwest D.C.
The FBI is now serving a search warrant at the office of D.C.'s Chief Technology Officer, WTOP has learned.
"We are there as part of a continuing ongoing criminal investigation," FBI Washington Field Office spokesperson Katherine Schweit tells WTOP.
Schweit would not comment on the details of the investigation.
More than a dozen FBI agents - including evidence technicians - at the office, located at 1 Judiciary Square on 4th Street in Northwest, WTOP's Mark Segraves reports.
Most of the employees have been told to go home. Other employees have been segregated into a waiting room.
Segraves reports the FBI's search has expanded from 9th floor offices to 10th floor offices.
A spokesman for D.C.'s U.S. Attorney tells WTOP he cannot discuss the investigation, as it is currently sealed.
On March 5, President Barack Obama named D.C. Chief Technology Officer Vivek Kundra as the federal government's chief information officer.
Kundra's last day was March 4.
Kundra, who was in charge of technology in the District since 2007, has been a consultant to Obama since he won the election.
Bump fer later....
hmmm...EMPLOYEES of the APPOINTEE have been arrested. Ofices of the APPOINTEE are under investigation. Correct?
He may be an American citizen but perhaps a mooselimb with loyalties to a foreign mooselimb government.
Remember the new acronym:
O ne
B ig
A ss
M istake
A merica!
The former offices of the appointee. That’s a big difference than your assertion that an Obama appointee was arrested.
Muzzies not letting any grass grow and are getting with the spying real quick like
They’re talking about Madoff.
If the scope doesn't cover everyone involved with that office at the time, they're not doing their jobs.
You are VINDICATED!
The appointee’s employees were arrested - according to the very sketchy articles I’ve seen so far. If in fact these are FORMER offices the appointee left them only days ago. The very sketchy articles yield very little information, so it’s hard to tell the sequence of events regarding office habitation.
Best case scenario: obama appointee’s recently vacated offices are searched and two of appointee’s recently former employees are arrested. Unless the employees starting doing the shady things they were arrested for within the past week or so, I imagine the appointee might be just a little bit nervous right now. But, yes, apparently the newly appointed chief technology officer - or whatever he or she is - has not been arrested. Still, this does not inspire confidence. Do you not agree?
I agree...see my comment at #77.
The latter is TROP, the former, possibly Hindu..
"Washington, DC – August 11, 2008 – AITC announced today that the Association of Indians in America (Washington DC Chapter) selected Mr. Sushil Bansal for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The award ceremony was held on August 10, 2008 in Rockville, Maryland. Mr. Bansal was selected for this award for his outstanding contribution in the field of information technology and to the growth of AITC. Mr. Bansal is founder and CEO of AITC. The award ceremony also included 25 academic achievement awards to outstanding students, Scientist of the Year Award, and Community Service Award. The ceremony was attended over 100 people including a very senior representative from the Embassy of India in Washington DC. Mr. Bansal emphasized the importance of innovation to run a successful IT company in his acceptance speech."
It really smells like this guy is a foreign agent. Now the only question is: was he registered?
Hillary “I don’t recall” Clinton.
“Pillars” of society - ping.
that depends on the definition of ethical, it would seem the RATS and everybody else definitions are not the same. They have a different play book.
okay, and who is in charge of the background checks for the people he appoints? THEY need to be investigated too.
Amish?
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