PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The admitted leader of a kickback scheme that cost the U.S. Navy $18 million pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island.
Ralph Mariano changed his plea to guilty on three charges of conspiracy, theft of government property and tax evasion shortly after his girlfriend, Mary O’Rourke, pleaded guilty to theft of government property in the same case.
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