A former program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pleaded guilty to conspiracy money laundering in a scheme that prosecutors say involved more than $20 million in bribes and kickbacks.
Prosecutors have described the alleged plot as one of the largest federal contracting schemes in U.S. history.
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Michael A. Alexander, of Woodbridge, on Monday admitted to conspiring to award no-bid contracts worth $780 million in exchange for about $1.25 million in money and other things of value.
Alexander faces up to 15 years in prison on a bribery charge and up to 20 years for a conspiracy charge, prosecutors said.
In a seperate hearing, Robert L. McKinney, 51, founder and president of the Waldorf-based Alpha Technology Group, pleaded guilty to bribery.
Alpha was one of the companies in the contracting scam, but was not named in the original indicment against Alexander and others in September.
