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Retired four -star US Navy Admiral Robert Burke convicted in bribery case

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A jury on Monday convicted a retired four-star Admiral of the United States Navy on charges of corruption to the government seller in exchange for an attractive post retirement job in the company.Robert Burke ordered the employees to give a contract of $ 355,000 to the seller and then started working on a $ 500,000-year job after his 2022 retirement from the Navy, according to his 2022 retirement, according to, according to, according to, US justice department,The native of Florida also unsuccessfully tried to convince a fellow top naval officer to unsuccessfully give a separate contract to the firm.A jury found Burke guilty of criminals of criminals, such as bribes, acting a personal financial interest, and hiding physical facts, showing the court records.The US District Judge Trevor N McFide will sentence the sentence on 22 August. While the Department of Justice withdrew the name of the company, it mentioned the nicknates of its two co-CEOs as “Kim” and “Messenger”. He is a co-operative of Burke in the case of bribery.After a five-day test, a decision by a federal jury, Burke is convicted for the crimes committed in the United States Army in recent times.“When you misuse your position and cheat the public trust to line your own pockets, it reduces the trust in the government you represent. Our office, with our law enforcement partners, will remove corruption out of the root – whether it bribes – and makes the criminals accountable, no matter what they do.Burke served as the commander of the submarine group 8, the deputy commander of the 6th fleet of the US Navy. He was also the head of the naval personnel, a position he held at the same time when he was the vice -president of the Navy Operations, the second largest place of service.The Navy has faced other corruption problems in recent years, with Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis in the most notorious scam, who signed more than $ 500,000 in cash bribe and made prostitutes, first -class travel, luxury hotels and provided food to naval officers.Francis was sentenced to 15 years in jail in November 2024, after running away from the arrest of the house and last year, a prisoner traveled to Venezuela after returning to Swap.As part of a plea agreement, Francis provided detailed information to government investigators, resulting in several high-ranked US naval authorities.(With AFP input)

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