Guilty plea in Walter Reed bribery case

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Guilty plea in Walter Reed bribery case
Staff report
Posted : Sunday Jan 6, 2008 15:44:08 EST

A 42-year-old Maryland resident pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit bribery and obstruction of an agency investigation in a scheme to influence contracting at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, according to a Justice Department press release.

Louis Pisani Jr., of Silver Spring, Md., also pleaded guilty to mail fraud in an arson insurance fraud scheme. The two cases are unrelated.

According to the plea agreement, Pisani, who was sole shareholder of Platinum Contractors Inc. in Silver Spring and Hyattsville, Md., conspired to bribe a contract specialist to steer government contracts to his companies. The contract specialist worked for Army Medical Command and was responsible for facilitating the procurement of goods and services for Walter Reed.

One of the contracts Pisani tried to influence was potentially worth up to $1.2 million.

Pisani and Leon Krachyna, who along with Pisani were 50 percent shareholders and corporate officers in Home Sweet Home Moving and Storage Inc., in Hyattsville, gave the contract specialist 10 percent of the contract proceeds in the form of checks and cash, and also paid thousands of dollars in insurance premiums and loan payments on a truck they gave to the contract specialist, according to DoJ.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/01/army_pisani_080106/