Navy Employee Jex Pleads Guilty to Cash Bribery Scheme
An employee of the U.S. Navy pleaded guilty to accepting more than $250,000 in cash bribes from three people making unauthorized liquor purchases from the Navy Exchange Service Command. Eric Jex, 29, of Uniondale, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery before U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert of the Eastern District of New York.
The scheme, which lasted from November 2015 through December 2016, involved Jex allowing three unauthorized purchasers access to the Navy Exchange’s low prices and providing additional price-matching discounts to which they were not entitled. In exchange, the three unauthorized purchasers paid cash bribes to Jex, typically $5 to $20 per case of liquor.
According to plea documents, these bribes added up to more than $250,000 for the period of the scheme. The investigation revealed that Jex, as a supervisory sales associate at the NEX at Mitchel Field in Garden City, New York, had direct authority to make decisions concerning large liquor orders and shipments from the NEX’s warehouse.
Jex’s guilty plea was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Leo Lamont of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service’s (NCIS) Northeast Field Office.
The NCIS; U.S. Treasury Department, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau; and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Criminal Investigations Division investigated this 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.
Sentencing is set for Feb. 2, 2018.
The Navy Exchange Service Command, where Jex worked, is a retail shopping center that provides goods and services to authorized personnel, including Navy service members.
RELATED: Hudson County Parks Chiefs Admit Bribe-Kickback Plot
RELATED: Hudson Parks Bosses Swing for Bribery
Related Federal Cases
- Rikers Guard Crooked: $370K Scam Exposed · New York
- NY Stores Face $1,000 Fine for Rejecting Cash · New York
- Tow Truck Operator and Car Dealer Sentenced for Car Theft Scheme · New York
- NY-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Hit with $616K Fine for Illegal Kickback Scheme · New York
- Rockland Agent Oscar Dais Convicted of Deed Theft Scheme · New York
Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: Public Corruption|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
ðŸâ€Â’ Get the grimiest stories delivered weekly. Subscribe free →
MORE FEDERAL CRIME NEWS
US NewsUS NewsUS NewsUS News