Independent Contractor in Afghanistan Pleads Guilty for His Role in Offering $54,000 in Bribes to U.S. Government Official

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 14, 2014. Earlier today at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., Akbar Ahmad Sherzai, 49, of Centreville, Va., an independent contractor for a trucking company operating in Afghanistan that was responsible for delivering fuel to U.S. Army installations, pleaded guilty to his role in offering a U.S. Army serviceman $54,000 in bribes to falsify documents to reflect the successful delivery of fuel shipments that Army records indicate were never delivered.  Sherzai faces a…