U.S. Department of JusticeWASHINGTON, Jan 14 Former Pentagon employee sentenced to 7.5 years for bribes, according to the Department of Justice. on the website of the ministry. It notes that 47-year-old Matthew Lamho worked in the information services department of the office of the inspector general, in his position he oversaw federal contracts for telecommunications services in the metropolitan area. Since 2012, according to the Ministry of Justice, the convicted extorted and took bribes. The briber's company, the agency points out, received contracts without competition, although it did not have the necessary experience, and even employees in the state where it was necessary to carry out the work. The bribes were disguised as paying a salary to a relative of the convicted person for a non-existent job, the Ministry of Justice points out. According to the same data, the convicted person authorized fraudulent service orders through the main contract, his accomplices bought widely available goods, but passed them off as specialized ones, significantly inflating the price. In court, Lamho gave false evidence, the agency says.
