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US Man Guilty in $100M Afghanistan Fraud Scheme: AP
A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday in a scheme to bilk the Afghanistan government out of more than $100 million with a phony bid to build an electric grid, authorities said.
Saed Ismail Amiri, 38, of Granite Bay, entered a plea in Los Angeles federal court to one count of wire fraud, the U.S. attorney s office said in a statement.
He could face up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced in August.
The scheme involved Amiri s Afghan company, Assist Consultants Incorporated, federal prosecutors said.
In 2015 and 2016, Amiri and others tried to win a U.S.-funded contract to build five electric power substations in Afghanistan by submitting a false work history and phony supporting documents indicating the firm met requirements for the contract, prosecutors said.