Alan Simmons pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with a contract to provide reconstruction-related services in Afghanistan. Simmons worked in Afghanistan as a training program coordinator for PAE Inc. on a State Department contract to train and supply uniforms to Afghan correctional officers. According to the government, Simmons and others created a company through which they submitted false and fraudulent invoices to PAE seeking payment for goods that were not provided, causing the government to incur a loss of over $120,000.