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USAID bribery scheme involved $550M in federal contracts

A former U.S. Agency for International Development official in Maryland and three corporate executives have pleaded guilty for their roles in a decade-long bribery scheme involving more than $550 million in contracts, with two of the companies who contracted with USAID agreeing Thursday to defer their own prosecution. Roderick Watson, a former USAID contracting officer, pled guilty last month before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland to receiving bribes from three...