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KBR

Fraud and Accepting Kickbacks

Date: 08/19/2005 (Date of Guilty Plea)

Misconduct Type: Government Contract Fraud

Enforcement Agency: Defense – Army

Contracting Party: Defense - Army

Court Type: Criminal

Amount: $91,174

Disposition: Suspend/Debar - Employee

Synopsis: On August 19, 2005, Glenn Allen Powell, 40, of Texas, a former employee of Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR), entered a plea of guilty to charges he defrauded the United States and accepted kickbacks of more than $100,000 from an Iraqi subcontractor. Powell admitted accepting approximately $110,300 in kickbacks related to the award of a subcontract to an Iraqi company for renovation of buildings in Iraq. From October 2003 to January 6, 2005, Powell, a U.S. citizen, was employed by KBR as a subcontracts administrator in Iraq. On November 18, 2005, Powell was sentenced to 15 months in prison and was made to pay $90,974 in restitution and a $200 assessment. According to the Excluded Parties List System, he was debarred on February 16, 2006.