Ft. Bragg soldiers accused of taking $1.3 million in Afghanistan

By artappraiser on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 2:09am |

The Fayetteville Observer, March 27, 2011

FAYETTEVILLE -- Two Fort Bragg soldiers, working along with an Afghan interpreter, embezzled nearly $1.3 million while deployed in 2009, according to court documents filed Thursday. Edwin Vando and Juan Lamboy Rivera each were charged in a criminal information filed in U.S. District Court. The document....alleges that the men took $1,297,959.31 in vendor payments owed to Abdul Wasi Faquiri Co. Ltd.

....Vando and Rivera were sergeants with the 82nd Finance Battalion who were deployed to Camp Eggers in Kabul at the time, May to June 2009....The company from which the three are accused of embezzling is an Afghan company that provides, among other items, military apparel and equipment for the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police....

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