2014

TRENTON, N.J. – The former president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of a New Jersey-based international engineering consulting company pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with respect to billions of dollars in contracts over a nearly 20-year period, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Department of Defense Inspector General Jon T. Rymer will serve as the first lead inspector general for an overseas contingency operation. Chair Phyllis Fong, Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, made this designation for Operation Inherent Resolve on December 17, 2014, in accordance with Section 8L of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended.