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Horn Lake Man Pleads Guilty to Laundering Bribes
MEMPHIS, TN — Jerry Dennis, 68, of Horn Lake, MS, has pled guilty to a one-count information charging conspiracy to launder approximately $250,000 in bribe payments received from Afghan contractors in Afghanistan.
According to facts revealed in the criminal information and during the hearing, Jimmy Dennis, a former First Sergeant with the United States Army, was assigned to the Humanitarian Aid Yard at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. He served as a paying agent from March 2008 until his return to his home base at Fort Campbell, KY.
Together with a Project Purchasing Officer (PPO), Jimmy Dennis worked as a team to procure supplies from local Afghan contractors. These supplies were used as part of the Commander’s Emergency Response Program for urgent humanitarian relief requirements in Afghanistan.
Soon after Jimmy Dennis began working as a paying agent, an Afghan interpreter offered him a $10,000 bribe/kickback to accept certain Afghan contractors onto the list of eligible contractors. Jimmy Dennis accepted the money and later accepted bribe payments from a second interpreter to allow additional vendors onto the list of eligible contractors. Jimmy Dennis estimated that he personally received about $250,000 in bribes.
Jerry Dennis, Jimmy’s father, would then deposit the funds received from Jimmy Dennis into his personal bank account. However, Jerry Dennis stopped depositing the money into his bank account after being questioned by bank authorities regarding his cash deposits.
Jerry Dennis then met with James Pittman while on leave and asked if he could send the money to Pittman to launder through his landscaping company. Pittman agreed and began sending ‘salary’ checks to Jimmy Dennis after Jimmy Dennis provided Pittman with jingle trucks containing hidden cash and Jerry Dennis provided $20,000 remaining from the money he had received.
Jerry Dennis faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $500,000 fine, restitution, forfeiture, and five years of supervised release. Sentencing is scheduled for November 20, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr.
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Key Facts
- State: Tennessee
- Category: Public Corruption|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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