Veteran Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Defrauding Navy Out of More than $9 Million
The scheme used fake bids, invoices and kickbacks to steer Navy work to C&C Power Solutions, prosecutors said, costing the service $9.1 million.
- United States District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld sentenced Navy veteran Cory Taylor Wright to 36 months in federal prison for defrauding the U.S. Navy out of more than $9 million through a bid-rigging and contract-steering scheme.
- Wright and Navy insider Juan Carlos Aragon created Georgia-based C&C Power Solutions LLC to secure government contracts, with plans for Aragon to become a 50% partner upon his retirement from the service.
- Between 2016 and 2022, the pair submitted fraudulent invoices and fabricated bid documents to the Navy's Mobile Utilities Support Equipment division, defrauding the military out of approximately $9,128,515.
- Juan Carlos Aragon, who accepted kickbacks to steer contracts, pleaded guilty to bribery and received 12 months and one day in federal prison, ordered to pay $97,960 in restitution.
- Prosecutors argued this "was not an isolated lapse in judgment," noting that Wright "repeatedly participated in deceptive conduct designed to undermine a competitive federal procurement process" investigated by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service.
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Navy Veteran Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Orchestrating $9 Million Defense Procurement Scheme
A Navy veteran was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for defrauding the Navy out of more than $9 million through a fraudulent bid-rigging and contract steering scheme […] The post Navy Veteran Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Orchestrating $9 Million Defense Procurement Scheme appeared first on edhat.
Cory Taylor Wright Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Defrauding the U.S. Navy
LOS ANGELES (KEYT) – Cory Taylor Wright, 49, of Columbus, Georgia, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for defrauding the U.S. Navy out of over $9 million through a bid-rigging and contract-steering scheme involving a fellow military insider. Wright previously pled guilty to one count of wire fraud in August of last year.
$9.1M Navy Contract Scheme Lands Former Sailor in Federal Prison
LOS ANGELES — A Navy insider scheme tied to a Port Hueneme military unit defrauded the Navy of more than $9.1 million through rigged bids, kickbacks and false billing, federal prosecutors said, sending former serviceman Cory Taylor Wright to prison…
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