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Dept Official Who Sold Bidding Info US
Wanted 5 Years But Gets 1 Here's Why
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 8 – There's the
announcement, and there's the
reality.
On April 8 it was
announced that MAY SALEHI, a
former State Department
employee, was sentenced today
to 12 months in prison for
conspiring to commit honest
services fraud. SALEHI
was a longtime State
Department employee who was
involved in evaluating bids
for critical overseas
government construction
projects such as U.S.
embassies and
consulates. SALEHI gave
confidential inside bidding
information to a Government
contractor, and received
$60,000 in kickback payments
in return. SALEHI was
sentenced by United States
District Judge Jed S.
Rakoff."
Inner City
Press was present in the
courtroom for the sentencing,
and Judge Rakoff had questions
as he always does. He asked
how this was any different
that defrauding the
procurement and bidding of a
private company, since it
involved the government in a
commercial / construction
role.
The AUSA
replied that diplomatic
premises are
sensitive. But in
Bermuda?
Judge
Rakoff also asked by the
government was asking for five
years. He gave a year, noting
that while nothing sends a
message like jail time
especially in a white collar
case, he found this enough.
The case is US v.
Salehi, 21-cr-577
(Rakoff)
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