Defense Firm Charged in Procurement Scam

A Virginia-based company with defense and intelligence agency contractor is facing criminal charges in connection to payments made to a reportedly corrupt Army procurement official.

Intelligent Decisions Inc., faces two cases filed by the office of the U.S. Attorney that accuses the company of providing golf outings, meals, entertainment and a vehicle worth more than $30,000 to former Army contracting official In Seon Lim. Lim was sentenced to four years last week.

The kickback scheme came to light in a bigger bid-rigging investigation at the Army Corps of Engineers, where one former program manager, Kerry Kahn, oversaw a $30 million bribery scheme. Khan is serving 17 years in prison.

It’s unclear whether Intelligent Decisions could lose out on future government contracts because of the charges.

 

The first had been ranked by the Washington Business Journal as one of the area’s fastest growing firms, though that growth may be impeded a bit by the leadership shake-up announced in conjunction with the criminal charges and its potential legal battle.