A Maryland-based contractor has pleaded guilty to bribing a federal official in exchange for maintenance and construction contracts at the United States Tax Court in downtown Washington.
Daniel Money, who provides maintenance services for government agencies and is also a planner for the Treasury Department offices, admitted in federal court this week that he agreed to pay a public official $55,000 in kickbacks. The projects that Money, 44, sought were for a first-floor renovation and an air conditioning job, according to documents.
In return, the public official agreed to award Money’s company, Daniel Construction, contracts worth about $400,000 for work at the tax court at 400 Second St. NW, according to court documents.
The public official is not named in the recently unsealed charging documents, but he is identified in the court papers as the facilities services officer for the facilities management section of the U.S. tax court. The official was arrested in 2006 in connection with the investigation and agreed to help authorities and record his conversations, the documents said.
In one of the recorded conversations, prosecutors said, Money threatened the public official by stating that if he wasn’t being “on the up-and-up” with him, Money would have him killed.
Money grew angry again in April when the public official left a message on Money’s home phone after Money failed to pay the cash that he had promised.
In addition to the bribery scheme, Money admitted that from December 2007 to February 2008 he filled his truck with about 600 gallons of diesel fuel that belonged to the treasury department. The total loss to the government was about $2,250.
A Maryland-based contractor has pleaded guilty to bribing a federal official in exchange for maintenance and construction contracts at the United States Tax Court in downtown Washington. Daniel Money, who provides maintenance services for government agencies and is also a planner for the Treasury Department offices, admitted in federal court this week that he agreed to pay a public official $55,000 in kickbacks. The projects that Money, 44, sought were for a first-floor renovation and an air conditioning job, according to documents. In return, the public official agreed to award Money’s company, Daniel Construction, contracts worth about $400,000 for work at the tax court at 400 Second St. NW, according to court documents. The public official is not named in the recently unsealed charging documents, but he is identified in the court papers as the facilities services officer for the facilities management section of the U.S. tax court. The official was arrested in 2006 in connection with the investigation and agreed to help authorities and record his conversations, the documents said. In one of the recorded conversations, prosecutors said, Money threatened the public official by stating that if he wasn’t being “on the up-and-up” with him, Money would have him killed. Money grew angry again in April when the public official left a message on Money’s home phone after Money failed to pay the cash that he had promised. In addition to the bribery scheme, Money admitted that from December 2007 to February 2008 he filled his truck with about 600 gallons of diesel fuel that belonged to the treasury department. The total loss to the government was about $2,250.
