BOSTON – A Turkish national has been charged in federal court in Boston for allegedly fraudulently obtaining defense contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense and illegally exporting defense articles to Turkey.
Arif Ugur, 52, formerly of Cambridge, Mass., was arrested today in Virginia and will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date.
The charges against Ugur include one count of wire fraud, one count of violating the Arms Export Control Act, and one count of conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act.
According to the criminal complaint, in approximately May 2015, Ugur founded and was the sole managing partner of the Anatolia Group Limited Partnership, a domestic limited partnership registered in Massachusetts.
Ugur allegedly bid on and acquired numerous contracts to supply the U.S. Department of Defense with machine parts and hardware items intended for use by the United States military.
However, Ugur falsely claimed that Anatolia was manufacturing the parts in the United States, when in fact, he had no manufacturing facilities in the United States or elsewhere.
The complaint alleges that Ugur contracted with a Turkish manufacturer to make the parts and then passed them off to DOD as if they had been manufactured by Anatolia in the United States.
The charges carry a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $1 million or twice the gross gain or loss of the offense.
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Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes|Weapons|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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