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QUARTERLY HIGHLIGHT Ramiro Pena Jr.: Between January 2008 and September 2009, Army Sergeant First Class Pena served as a project purchasing officer at the Yard, maintaining supply orders and inventory levels. His supervisor was First Sergeant Jimmy Dennis (see above). The men processed more than 200 contracts with Afghan vendors worth about $30.7 million total. The federal charge against Pena said Dennis gave him about $100,000 and a Rolex watch from vendor bribes received, and that Pena had shipped money home to his wife. Pena pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, and in December 2015 was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by a year’s supervised release. He agreed to forfeit $100,000 and has forfeited a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Rolex watch. James C. Pittman: Proprietor of a Chattanooga, Tennessee, landscaping company, Pittman was charged with conspiring with Jerry and Jimmy Dennis (see above) to transfer and launder funds received as bribes in Afghanistan. Pittman had left the military before Jimmy Dennis worked at the Yard, but was still in contact. The charge was that “on numerous occasions,” Pittman received containers of cash from Afghanistan via the Dennises, passed it through his business, and returned most of it to Jerry and Jimmy Dennis as checks for “salary.” Having pled guilty to conspiring to commit money laundering, Pittman was sentenced to a year and a day in prison, followed by a year’s supervised release. He also consented to and has forfeited $25,000. The judge at Pittman’s trial noted that “There’s others out there that find themselves in a similar situation to you that would be tempted . . . to do what you did. That is going to be a large part of the sentence I impose today.” Pittman marveled that “the Government can track your butt down after five years—” “It’s pretty impressive, isn’t it?” the judge interjected. Pittman continued. “Old friends and acquaintances from, you know, nearly 14 years in and, you know, text me . . . or whatever and be like, holy crap, you know, they caught you? . . . And I was like . . . they can find you anywhere.” David A. Turcios: A U.S. Air Force staff sergeant who worked at the Yard, Turcios is awaiting court proceedings. Acting on a complaint filed by a special agent in SIGAR’s Investigations Directorate, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued a warrant on May 12, 2015, for Turcios’s arrest. The alleged offenses were conspiracy to violate federal law and defraud the United States, receipt of bribes and gratuities by a public official, and wire fraud. Turcios began working at the Yard in November 2010 as a paying agent and contracting officer representative, and was involved with nine CERP supply contracts worth more than $2 million. The complaint alleges that Turcios worked closely with two Afghan interpreters who gave him names of vendors they were proposing for contracts; they allegedly also gave Turcios gifts, jewelry, and thousands of dollars, some of which was not paid until after Turcios returned to the United States. The complaint quotes e-mails written during and after Turcios’s tour at the Yard that include references to “refunds” and instructions for wiring funds to a Bank of America account. Turcios was arrested on August 17, 2015, and released on his own recognizance pending trial. 52 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL I AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION
SIGAR OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES FIGURE 2.2 SIGAR INVESTIGATIONS: CUMULATIVE REFERRALS FOR SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT, Q2 FY 2011–Q1 FY 2017 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 FY 2011 Q2–Q4 FY 2012 Q1–Q4 FY 2013 Q1–Q4 FY 2014 Q1–Q4 FY 2015 Q1–Q4 FY 2016 Q1–Q4 FY 2017 Q1 Source: SIGAR Investigations Directorate, 1/10/2017. Suspensions and Debarments This quarter, SIGAR’s suspension and debarment program referred six individuals for debarment based on evidence developed as part of investigations conducted by SIGAR in Afghanistan and the United States. These referrals bring the total number of individuals and companies referred by SIGAR since 2008 to 809, encompassing 453 individuals and 356 companies to date, see Figure 2.2. As of the end of December 2016, the efforts of SIGAR to utilize suspension and debarment to address fraud, corruption and poor performance in Afghanistan have resulted in a total of 133 suspensions, 495 finalized debarments and 28 special entity designations of individuals and companies engaged in U.S.-funded reconstruction projects. An additional 14 individuals and companies have entered into administrative-compliance agreements with the Government in lieu of exclusion from contracting since the initiation of the program. During the fourth quarter of 2016, SIGAR’s referrals resulted in 52 finalized debarments of individuals and entities by agency Suspension and Debarment Officials. An additional eight individuals and companies are currently in proposed-debarment status, awaiting final adjudication. Suspensions and debarments—actions taken by U.S. agencies to exclude companies or individuals from receiving federal contracts or assistance because of misconduct—are an important tool for ensuring that agencies award contracts only to responsible entities. SIGAR’s program addresses three challenges posed by U.S. policy and the contingency-contracting REPORT TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS I JANUARY 30, 2017 53
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SECURITY international scholarships
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SECURITY TABLE 3.10 COST OF U.S.-FU
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SECURITY Utility in Kabul ($314,325
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SECURITY An AAF specialist adjusts
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SECURITY According to USFOR-A, the
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SECURITY A Women’s Participation
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SECURITY announcement has provoked
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SECURITY as well as for civilians a
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GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE KEY ISSUES AN
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GOVERNANCE U.S. RECONSTRUCTION FUND
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GOVERNANCE TABLE 3.14 USAID ON-BUDG
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GOVERNANCE the ARTF is the largest
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GOVERNANCE Of 59 conditions defined
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GOVERNANCE independent news and pub
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GOVERNANCE ministry of municipal af
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GOVERNANCE In January, the Wall Str
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GOVERNANCE without proper vetting o
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GOVERNANCE to the absence of design
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COUNTERNARCOTICS COUNTERNARCOTICS K
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COUNTERNARCOTICS opium-poppy cultiv
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COUNTERNARCOTICS The program pays a
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COUNTERNARCOTICS Community Based Ag
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APPENDICES APPENDIX B U.S. FUNDS FO
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APPENDICES APPENDIX C SIGAR WRITTEN
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APPENDICES Ongoing Financial Audits
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APPENDICES APPENDIX D SIGAR INVESTI
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APPENDICES TABLE D.1 SPECIAL ENTITY
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ENDNOTES 1. Transparency Internatio
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ENDNOTES 100. General John Nicholso
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