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January 5, 2014 By AMK

VA official indicted in bribery case

A former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs official in Palo Alto was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he accepted thousands of dollars in money and construction work in exchange for giving preferential treatment to government contractors.

VA sealConrad Lopez Alfaro, 69, of Fremont was charged with two counts of receiving an illegal gratuity as a public official in an indictment handed down Wednesday in San Jose.

The charges are the latest in an ongoing prosecution by federal officials, who have in court records alleged a “culture of corruption at the Palo Alto VA.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.stripes.com/news/us/ex-palo-alto-va-official-indicted-in-bribery-case-1.320096

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: bribery, corruption, gratuity, kickback, VA

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