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August 25, 2015 By AMK

VA contractor convicted of bribing former department official

A federal jury has convicted a government contractor for bribing the former director of the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center for confidential information about the department’s construction projects.

VAMark S. Farmer, 55, of Arlington, Va., was convicted of conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, theft of government property, and violating the Hobbs Act, an anti-racketeering law. Farmer was an executive at CannonDesign, a global design firm headquartered in Buffalo, N.Y., that did work for the VA. William Montague, former director of the Cleveland and Dayton VA Medical Center in Ohio, stole confidential information for Farmer to give him and CannonDesign an advantage over other companies seeking the government’s construction business.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2015/08/va-contractor-convicted-bribing-former-department-official/119290

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: bribe, bribery, DOJ, Hobbs Act, Justice Dept., racketeering, VA

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