USAID Contracting Officer Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes

Roderick Watson, a former USAID Contracting Officer, admitted to accepting bribes to influence decisions on $552.5 million worth of government contracts. He manipulated the procurement process for over a dozen contracts in a decadelong conspiracy. Watson and Walter Barnes III, founder of PM Consulting Group, later known as Vistant, both pleaded guilty in federal court.

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