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>Bryant Williams
From article:
steven hirsch
A corruptU.S. Army officerwas sentenced to three years in the slammer this morning for pocketing up to $200,000 in bribes and kickbacks from military contractors in Iraq.
Capt. Bryant Williamswas convicted last year of shaking down two Iraqi brothers to whom he helped steer nearly $1 million worth of work for the military while he served with the 101st Airborne Division in Baghdad.
The payoffs included bundles of cash that one of the brothers mailed to a friend of Williams’ in Waterloo, Iowa, as well as various items, including a $1,350 diamond ring that Williams gave his wife for their tenth anniversary.
Williams, 40, even threatened the brothers at gunpoint to demand a cut of the contracts they got without his help, according to court records.
Prosecutors also accused Williams of lying on the witness stand during his Manhattan federal court trial, where he claimed that his crooked income actually came from gambling on a card game called “tonk.”