29 Apr 2021 - 11:24
KABUL (Pajhwok): A California man has pleaded guilty in a scheme to defraud the Afghan government of more than $100 million in a contract designed to construct a power grid in the country.
Saed Ismail Amiri, 38, of Granite Bay, entered a plea in Los Angeles federal court to one count of wire fraud, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) announced.
Court documents describe Amiri, 38, as owner or senior consultant of Assist Consultants Incorporated (ACI), an Afghan company that had received over $250 million in US- funded contracts in Afghanistan since 2013.
Amiri pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a SIGAR-led case centered on US-funded efforts to construct five electric power substations to connect Afghanistan’s Northeastern and Southeastern electric grid systems.
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