Irfan Dushku, Attempted Bribery, Massachusetts 2013

A Worcester businessman has been charged with attempting to bribe a federal safety investigator, according to a U.S. District Court indictment.

Irfan Dushku, 43, was charged with bribery of a public official, a felony offense carrying a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine equal to the greater of $250,000 or three times the value of the bribe.

The alleged bribery occurred in May 2013 when Dushku paid $1,000 to a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Safety Investigator to influence the safety investigator to produce a false compliance review of Dushku’s motor carrier company, Korca Enterprises, Inc.

The FMCSA is a separate administration within the United States Department of Transportation, responsible for the development and enforcement of federal regulations that promote motor carrier safety.

If convicted, Dushku faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine equal to the greater of $250,000 or three times the value of the bribe, which was $3,000.

United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Theodore L. Doherty, III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations, made the announcement today.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristina E. Barclay of Ortiz’s Public Corruption and Special Prosecutions Unit.

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