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Date: 06-22-2021
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Case Number: 1:21-cr-00133-LO
Judge: Liam O'Grady
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Fairfax County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Alexandria, Virginia bribery charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Rita M. Starliper, age 60, for Greensboro, North Carlina was the owner and CEO of a government contracting firm that previously provided professional staffing services to the BBG. Between late 2014 and late 2016, Starliper, a BBG contracting officer, and others associated with Starliper’s company agreed to and did hire and pay the contracting officer’s relative for a job involving minimal work and that resulted in payments to the relative of more than $68,000. In exchange, the BBG contracting officer took official actions that benefitted Starliper and her company, including the awarding of a professional staffing contract worth millions of dollars. The BBG contracting officer also took steps to steer the procurement process and provide preferential treatment to Starliper’s company.
Starliper pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and honest services mail fraud. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 5, and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The Department of State Office of Inspector General and the FBI investigated the case.
Senior Litigation Counsel Edward P. Sullivan and Trial Attorney Jordan Dickson of the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section are prosecuting the case.
Outcome: Defendant pleaded guilty.
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