VIRGINIA
A federal judge sentence a contracting officer with the U.S. Department of State to seven years and three months in prison for conspiracy, bribery, fraud and making false statements, according to officials.
U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady also ordered that Zaldy N. Sabino, 60, of Fort Washington, Maryland pay a $25,000 fine. Sabino was convicted on Oct. 4.
The evidence indicated that between November 2012 and early 2017, Sabino and the owner of a Turkish construction firm engaged in a bribery and procurement fraud scheme.
Sabino received at least $521,862 in cash payments from the Turkish owner while Sabino supervised multi-million dollar construction contracts awarded to the Turkish owner’s business partners.
Sabino made over a half million dollars in structured cash deposits into his personal bank accounts, according to officials.
Sabino concealed his unlawful relationship by, among other things, making false statements on financial disclosure forms and during his background reinvestigation, acording to authorities.