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Ex-Soldier Pleads Guilty to Bribery and Defrauding in Texas

A former soldier in the U.S. Army National Guard has pleaded guilty to bribery and fraud on the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau.

Former Specialist Christopher Renfro, 26, of Houston, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.

According to court documents, former and current military recruiters and U.S. soldiers in the San Antonio and Houston areas engaged in a wide-ranging corruption scheme to obtain fraudulent recruiting bonuses.

To date, the investigation has led to charges against 25 individuals, 23 of whom have pleaded guilty.

Christopher Renfro, a former soldier in the U.S. Army National Guard, pleaded guilty to bribery and defrauding the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau.

Renfro admitted that between approximately February 2008 and August 2011, he paid former Sergeant First Class Michael Rambaran for the personal identifying information of potential Army National Guard soldiers.

With Renfro’s plea, five individuals have now been convicted in connection with this particular charge, including Rambaran, who also pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft.

The cases are being investigated by the San Antonio Fraud Resident Agency of U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command’s Major Procurement Fraud Unit.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Pearson and Trial Attorneys Sean F. Mulryne, Heidi Boutros Gesch, and Mark J. Cipolletti of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section.

Renfro, Rambaran and the others will all be sentenced Jan. 9, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal in Houston.