Crooked contractors, bribery
and embezzlement are all subplots in a botched $153 million deal to build a
Department of Veterans Affairs hospital near Pittsburgh, according to a report
released Tuesday by the agency's inspector general.
Veterans Affairs contracting officers and lawyers
improperly dismissed evidence that the firm selected to build the project,
Westar Development Co., was controlled by a man who admitted to embezzling
money from a previous employer. They also failed to spot connections between
Westar and a money man in the deal who pleaded guilty to bribery and racketeering charges three months after the lease
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