WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Army major has pleaded guilty to accepting thousands of dollars in gratuities from contractors while in Iraq.
Federal attorneys said 40- year-old Ulysses S. Hicks of Sumter, S.C., pleaded guilty in court Thursday to conspiracy to accept illegal gratuities.
Hicks was a U.S. Army captain serving as a pay agent for money used to buy items and supplies from local vendors.
Authorities said that from March 2007 to October 2008, Hicks and a co-conspirator sought, received and accepted illegal gratuities for helping Iraqi contractors get U.S. government contracts. He faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and has agreed to pay $65,409 restitution.
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