Guilty plea in Walter Reed bribery case

Guilty plea in Walter Reed bribery case
Staff reportPosted : Monday Jan 7, 2008 9:19:40 EST

A 42-year-old Maryland resident pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit bribery and obstruction of an agency investigation in a scheme to influence contracting at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, according to a Justice Department press release.
Louis Pisani Jr., of Silver Spring, Md., also pleaded guilty to mail fraud in an arson insurance fraud scheme. The two cases are unrelated.
According to the plea agreement, Pisani, who was sole shareholder of Platinum Contractors Inc. in Silver Spring and Hyattsville, Md., conspired to bribe a contract specialist to steer government contracts to his companies. The contract specialist worked for Army Medical Command and was responsible for facilitating the procurement of goods and services for Walter Reed.
One of the contracts Pisani tried to influence was potentially worth up to $1.2 million.
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