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St Louis Post Dispatch, Katie Kull, Oct 19, 2023 ST. LOUIS — A local businessman is facing federal charges in Kansas after authorities say he sent kickbacks and bribes to an engineer at a nuclear weapons parts manufacturer in exchange for subcontracts. Richard W. Mueller, 63, was indicted Wednesday on six federal charges, including wire…
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Federal prosecutors in Kansas City, Kansas, indicted businessmen from Kansas and Missouri for allegedly engaging in a 10-year, $1 million kickback scheme on subcontracts for nuclear weapon manufacturi
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