Department of Defense Civilian Official From Palm Desert Indicted
Replies(3) If convicted, Farhat would face up to seven years in federal prison, prosecutors said. (Renee Schiavone/Patch) PALM DESERT, CA — A former Department of Defense civilian official from Palm Desert was arrested on charges that he took illegal cash payments to support a contractor's effort to obtain $6.4 million from the government in connection with construction projects in the African nation of Djibouti, the Justice Department announced Monday. Nizar Farhat who was a former construction manager based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, appeared Monday ...