Security News in Brief: California Man Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Defraud Afghan Government on U.S. Funded Contract

Source: United States Department of Justice News

A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in a scheme to defraud the government of Afghanistan of over $100 million.  These funds were provided to Afghanistan by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for the purpose of constructing an electric grid in Afghanistan, in connection with the long-standing U.S. effort to strengthen that country’s basic infrastructure.