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SIGAR OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES
the conspirators filling two HEMTTs with fuel, which they then drove to a
clandestine location on the FOB where four jingle trucks had been prepositioned.
Agents videotaped Ware, Emmons, and Dixon filling three of
the four jingle trucks. The following morning, February 17, the conspirators
were videotaped filling the fourth truck. That same morning, Ware
escorted the three Afghan drivers to the jingle trucks and the Afghans
attempted to drive the trucks from FOB Fenty’s entry control point, prior
to the fourth driver arriving.
At the entry control point, agents intercepted the jingle trucks and seized
from each driver a transportation movement request (TMR) authorizing
a fuel delivery mission. Each driver denied knowing the TMRs were fake,
and said they had received them directly from Ware. The U.S. Army captain
accountable for fuel reviewed the TMRs and confirmed they were fraudulent:
no authorized fuel missions were scheduled to depart FOB Fenty on
February 17, 2012.
Approximately 180,000 gallons of fuel were stolen from FOB Fenty
during the course of the conspiracy. Replacing the fuel cost the United
States government on average approximately $4.25 per gallon, resulting
in a combined loss of at least $765,000. According to documents seized
from the conspirators during this investigation, fuel on the open market in
Afghanistan at that time sold for approximately $11 per gallon, resulting in a
profit of approximately $2 million to the local Afghan conspirators.
In June 2012, in U.S. District Court Honolulu, Hawaii, Dixon and
Emmons entered guilty pleas to one count each for bribery. In May 2015,
also in U.S. District Court Honolulu, Hawaii, Ware was indicted on charges
of conspiracy, bribery, and money laundering. He was subsequently
arrested. In March 2016, Ware entered a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy
and one count of bribery.
Investigation Results in $99 Million Contract Award Termination
In 2015, the Afghan Ministry of Public Works (MOPW) used a sole-source
selection process to award a contract for the construction of sections 1
and 2 of the Qaisar to Laman Ring Road Project. The sole-source entity
selected ASM JV, a joint venture comprising three companies: Aziz Wali
Construction Company (AWCC), Shamshad Baden CC and Megayapi. The
contract, funded by grants from the Asian Development Bank (ADB),
with major contributions from the U.S. government, was budgeted by the
Afghan Ministry of Public Works (MOPW) with a final bid amount of $99
million by ASM JV. (According to ADB’s website, the U.S. government has
contributed $27 billion to the ADB since 1966 and is ADB’s largest contributor.
The ADB also claims to have awarded more than $3.3 billion in
grants to Afghanistan.)
SIGAR initiated a criminal investigation in May 2016 based on allegations
that ASM JV was paying bribes and secretly enlisting the help of officials
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