US: Six men charged with paying bribes to gain $4.5 million Boeing contracts

Six Southland men face federal charges stemming from an alleged scheme to pay kickbacks to a procurement official at a subsidiary of the Boeing Co. that supplies satellites and satellite parts to government entities, including NASA.

Federal prosecutors announced the charges after a judge in Los Angeles unsealed documents related to four of the defendants, who previously pleaded guilty in proceedings that were closed to the public.

The indictment alleges that Henderson and A&A paid kickbacks to Mark Allen, 60, of Fresno, a procurement officer at BSIS in El Segundo through outside sales representative Raymond Joseph, 66, of Los Angeles, related to purchase orders to A&A for tooling parts used to manufacture satellites that were sold to the federal government, according to prosecutors.

The US Attorney’s Office on Monday filed a criminal information against a sixth defendant — Noberto Martinez, 53, of Alhambra, who owns and controls Zenitram Engineering and Manufacturing Inc., who was accused of conspiring to pay kickbacks to Allen and issuing false tax forms to Joseph.

Martinez has signed a plea agreement and is scheduled to make his first court appearance on April 13, federal prosecutors said.

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