Florida defense contractors charged with bribing Army official in Hawaii lab scheme
Two Florida defense contractors have been indicted for bribery and fraud related to a U.S. Army technology lab in Hawaii. Leonard Pick and Brian Kent allegedly conspired to bribe an Army employee while inflating government contracting costs. The charges are part of a broader investigation into corruption in government procurement processes.
- ▪Leonard Pick and Brian Kent were charged with bribery and fraud in connection with a U.S. Army technology innovation lab in Hawaii.
- ▪The indictment alleges they conspired to bribe an Army employee with approximately $1.25 million over five years.
- ▪Both defendants face multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit bribery and major fraud against the United States.
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Two Florida defense contractors have been charged with bribery and fraud for allegedly corrupting the procurement process for a U.S. Army technology innovation lab in Hawaii, the Justice Department announced. Leonard Pick, 62, of Palm Beach Shores, and Brian Kent, 59, of Tampa, were indicted in the District of Hawaii on May 14 in connection with a scheme that allegedly corrupted contracting for the U.S. Army Pacific Command’s Hawaii-Pacific Innovation Campus, a facility intended to test new technologies for the Defense Department. According to the indictment, unsealed Tuesday, Pick and Kent conspired from January 2021 to October 2022 to bribe a U.S.
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