The State Department overpaid to lease property in Iraq, thanks to a conspiratorial group of contractors. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)A former employee of the major contracting firm DynCorp International admitted Monday that while working in Iraq, he helped cheat the State Department out of millions of dollars. [DynCorp workers accused of bilking State Department out of millions in Iraq]The State Department ultimately footed the bill for the site as part of a training program for Iraqi police, paying $5,320,000 in rent for the property from September 2011 through April 2014. Wesley Struble, 49, pleaded guilty in the scam in July, to conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Act, and was sentenced to four years in prison. Struble’s mother and sister pleaded guilty to lying in front of a grand jury to help cover up his crime.

Source: Washington Post July 31, 2017 15:44 UTC