http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6150097/Darleen Druyun, former USAF weapons buyer, gets 9 monthsALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former top Air Force procurement official was sentenced to nine months in prison Friday after admitting that she helped Boeing Co. obtain an inflated price on a $23 billion contract in exchange for an executive job at the company.
Darleen Druyun of Vienna, Va., had pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to violate federal conflict-of-interest regulations.
At her sentencing in U.S. District Court on Friday, prosecutors said Druyun failed a lie-detector test and was forced to admit that she helped Boeing obtain better deals on the contract to provide refueling tanker planes and other contracts.
“She did this as a parting gift to Boeing and to ingratiate herself into Boeing,” said assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Wiechering.
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http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2004/10/01/ap1570418.htmlEx-Air Force Official Sentenced in CaseA former top Air Force procurement official was sentenced to nine months in prison Friday after admitting that she helped Boeing Corp. obtain an inflated price on a $23 billion contract in exchange for an executive job at the company.
Darleen Druyun of Vienna, Va., had pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to violate federal conflict-of-interest regulations.
At her sentencing in U.S. District Court on Friday, prosecutors said Druyun failed a lie-detector test and was forced to admit that she helped Boeing obtain better deals on the contract to provide refueling tanker planes and other contracts.
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After failing government polygraph tests, however, she admitted that her conflict produced substantive benefits for Boeing in that she altered journals provided to the government to cover up her story.
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