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Three New York Residents Indicted for Bribing Navy Employee to Make Unauthorized Liquor Purchases
Three New York residents, Adam Agaev, 43, and David Manasherov, 37, both of Brooklyn, New York, and Edwin D. Fragoso, 44, of Freeport, New York, were indicted today for providing cash bribes to an employee of the U.S. Department of the Navy to make unauthorized liquor purchases at a Navy Exchange (NEX).
According to the indictments, from approximately Nov. 13, 2015, through Dec. 13, 2016, Eric J. Jex, a supervisory sales associate at the NEX at Mitchel Field in Garden City, New York, agreed with Agaev, Manasherov, and Fragoso to arrange repeated large purchases of liquor from the NEX. Jex allowed these three unauthorized purchasers to buy NEX liquor at significant discounts.
In exchange for his services, Jex allegedly accepted more than $250,000 in cash bribes, typically $5 to $20 per case of liquor. The indictments allege that Agaev, Manasherov, and Fragoso caused interstate wires to be sent from New York to Virginia, deprived New York State of excise taxes, and resold the liquor purchased from the NEX for profit.
Agaev and Manasherov allegedly purchased liquor worth over $5 million, and Fragoso purchased over $1.3 million of liquor, over the course of the scheme. The defendants were also charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud, and honest services fraud. Manasherov was charged with tampering with an official proceeding and destruction of evidence subject to a federal search warrant. Fragoso was charged with making false statements to law enforcement agents.
Jex, who previously pleaded guilty to one count of bribery, is scheduled to be sentenced on May 11. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), and New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Criminal Investigations Division investigated the case. Trial Attorneys Luke Cass and Andrew Laing of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section are prosecuting the case with the assistance of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Public Corruption|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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