The former chief executive for a defense contractor with ties to Democratic U.S. Rep. John Murtha has been charged by federal prosecutors with taking about $200,000 in kickbacks from a subcontractor.
Richard S. Ianieri, of Doylestown, was charged in a one-count criminal information filed Monday in Pittsburgh. He is accused of accepting two kickbacks of about $100,000 each from a subcontractor — identified only as "K" — while he was an officer of Coherent Systems International Corp.
In an April 2006 news release, Murtha announced that Coherent and Kuchera Defense Systems were working "virtually as one company" on 14 contracts worth $30 million to develop high-tech military gear. At the time, both companies had offices in Windber, near Murtha's home base of Johnstown.
Kuchera, which has given ten of thousands of dollars to Murtha's campaign and political action committee, has been under scrutiny in recent months. . . . A spokesman at Murtha's office in Washington, D.C., also declined to comment on the charge.
Ianieri was charged via a federal criminal information, which typically indicates that a defendant is cooperating with prosecutors. . . . In April, the Navy suspended the Kucheras and their companies for "alleged fraud" including multiple instances of incorrect charges, along with allegations of defective pricing and ethical violations. . . . [Read: Full Story]
Friday, July 10, 2009
Feds: Pa. defense contractor exec took kickbacks
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There is an excellent VIDEO regarding Murtha's airport in Penn. which I received in an email. How can I make it available on this site, and to others?
Thank you for offering your video.
1st) We have already posted the followng two videos about the John Murtha Airport - click to view:
John Murtha Airport Funding Even Stinks in Arkansas
Democrats' Airport For No One
2nd) We know of the video made by the Tim Burns campaign but the information repeats what we have posted and are not posting campaign videos from an opposing candidate to William Russell at this time.
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