{"id":14268,"date":"2015-08-04T14:29:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T21:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=14268"},"modified":"2015-08-04T14:29:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T21:29:49","slug":"federal-contractor-arrested-for-getting-1-9-million-in-illegal-kickbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=14268","title":{"rendered":"Federal Contractor Arrested for Getting $1.9 Million in Illegal Kickbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FLORIDA<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Inspector-General-Department-of-Defense.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14275 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Inspector-General-Department-of-Defense.gif\" alt=\"Inspector General Department of Defense\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>A federal government contractor who allegedly got $1.9 million in illegal kickbacks was arrested today, officials said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victor Villalobos,<\/strong> an Enterprise, Alabama resident, was indicted for his involvement in an illegal kickback scheme and evading taxes, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Between June 2009 to December 2014, Villalobos received about 57 separate wire funds transfers totaling more than $1.9 million in kickback payments from various foreign and domestic bank accounts controlled by someone identified by the federal government as Person X.<\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the allegations in the indictment, this is what happened:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Villalobos worked for a federal contractor in Fort Rucker, Alabama, identified in the indictment as Company A, that furnished supplies, materials equipment and services to the government.<\/li>\n<li>In 2009, Villalobos approached an individual identified in the indictment as Person X, who owned and operated Company B, a subcontractor of Company A based in Fort Lauderdale.<\/li>\n<li>Villalobos solicited illegal kickbacks as payment on the federal subcontracts that Person X held in connection with Company A\u2019s prime contract.<\/li>\n<li>Villalobos agreed that in exchange for kickback payments he would refrain from conduct that would unfavorably affect Person X\u2019s business relationship with Company A and would also help ensure that Person X obtained additional subcontracting business.<\/li>\n<li>On Jan. 26, 2015, Villalobos met with Person X and accepted an envelope containing $5,000 in cash.<\/li>\n<li>They met again about two weeks later and Villalobos accepted a bag containing $55,000 in cash as kickback payments.<\/li>\n<li>Villalobos concealed these kickbacks by incorporating nominee entities, opening nominee bank accounts and failing to report the illegal kickback payments as income on his individual federal income tax returns for 2009 through 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLORIDA A federal government contractor who allegedly got $1.9 million in illegal kickbacks was arrested today, officials said. 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