Juventino Rosas, Kickbacks, Texas 2009
Construction Worker Guilty of Taking Kickbacks on Federal Contract
A former project manager of a construction company with substantial business at Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army installation in El Paso, Texas, has pleaded guilty to soliciting and accepting kickbacks on a federal contract with the U.S. Army, the Antitrust Division announced.
Juventino Rosas, a former employee of the construction company, pleaded guilty to soliciting and accepting kickbacks from subcontractors on a federal contract with the U.S. Army.
According to a three-count felony charge filed on September 9, 2011, in U.S. District Court in El Paso, Rosas solicited and accepted three separate kickbacks from subcontractors from in or about November 2008 until in or about May 2009.
The kickbacks included an air-conditioning system installed at his home valued at $14,000, and floor tile valued at $3,000 and painting work valued at $2,300, both installed at a bar Rosas partially owned.
Rosas is charged with soliciting and accepting kickbacks, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 criminal fine. The maximum fine may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victims of the crime, if either of those amounts is greater than the statutory maximum fine.
The case is a result of an ongoing investigation relating to federal contracts at Fort Bliss. This investigation is being conducted jointly by the Antitrust Division's Chicago Field Office, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, with the assistance of the U.S. Attorney's Office in El Paso.
Rosas is currently awaiting sentencing for his crime.
Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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