'Lining his own pockets': Why a former Fort Bragg employee was sentenced to in prison
FORT BRAGG — A former Fort Bragg employee was sentenced Wednesday for accepting bribes tied to his purchasing agent job on post, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Michael Easley.
Chief U.S. Judge Richard E. Myers II sentenced Calvin Alfonza Jordan, who pleaded guilty to the charge in February, to three years and six months in prison.
“The taking of bribes by employees of the United States is in direct contradiction to that foundational premise,” said Easley, attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina. “As this prosecution and resulting sentence show, employees of the government who abuse their positions by taking bribes will be prosecuted and face consequences to their crimes.”
According to court documents, Jordan worked as a procurement agent from 2011 to 2019, at Fort Bragg where he fielded repair and maintenance order requests for specialized work like roofing, flooring, plumbing or carpentry.
The indictment says Jordan was authorized to use a government purchase card if the cost of services or supplies did not exceed $2,500.
Jordan was accused of accepting bribes of about $200 per work order from various vendors in return for awarding the vendor contracts.
Authorities estimated Jordan received $773,600 in illegal bribes.
Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Division’s Major Procurement Fraud Unit investigated the case.
"While Calvin Jordan was supposed to be repairing facilities to provide a safe working and living environment for our soldiers and their families, he was instead busy lining his own pockets and compromising the integrity of the contracting process,” said special agent in charge Christopher Dillard, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Defense Criminal Investigative Service Mid-Atlantic Field Office.
Special Agent L. Scott Moreland, with the Army CID’s Major Procurement Fraud Field Office, said Jordan’s sentence reflects an "unrelenting approach” to pursue individuals “who dare to attempt to defraud the federal government and the U.S. Army.”
Staff writer Rachael Riley can be reached at rriley@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3528.
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