A former civilian U.S. Army official pleaded guilty today to participating in a bribery and major fraud scheme that corrupted the competitive process for a U.S. Army technology innovation lab in the Pacific.According to a plea agreement and information filed in the U.S. District Court in Honolulu, Hawaii, from January 2021 to October 2022, Carlos Duque conspired with two defense contractors — Brian Kent and Leonard Pick — to accept a bribe of approximately $1.25 million over five years. In return, Duque told prime contractors to award subcontracts to Kent and Pick’s company and facilitated their fraudulent inflation of
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