WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Nebraska McAlpine, 56, of Smyrna, Georgia, pleaded guilty in Atlanta before US District Judge Mark H. Cohen to one count of accepting illegal kickbacks.
"A former employee of a US government contractor in Afghanistan pleaded guilty today to accepting over $250,000 in illegal kickbacks from an Afghan subcontractor in return for his assistance in obtaining subcontracts on US government contracts," the release said on Tuesday.
McAlpine was employed as a Project Manager for an American defense contractor in Kabul, Afghanistan.
He also admitted that the executive agreed to pay McAlpine 15% of the value of any subcontracts obtained.
McAlpine accepted over $250,000 in cash kickbacks, which he transported back to the United States. His sentencing is set for October 18.
