Contractor Sentenced for Bribing Govt. Official For Contract Award

Which fact, in the story announced in a DoJ press release recently, invites (does NOT "beg") the following question: So Who Did He Bribe?

From Ken Silverstein, on the Harper's blog:

So Who Did He Pay Off?

By Ken Silverstein

From a Justice Department press release today:

WASHINGTON—A government contractor and former employee of the U.S. Department of the Treasury was sentenced in Washington today in connection with a bribery scheme involving contracts at the U.S. Tax Court in the District of Columbia…Daniel Money, 44, of Shady Side, Md., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to 30 months in prison, three years supervised release and a $7,500 fine…

According to court documents, Money was a Maryland-based contractor who provided maintenance, repair, electrical, construction and other related services for government agencies, including the General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Tax Court. Through his company, Daniel Construction, Money obtained and performed government contract work and was also employed as a planner for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Between March 2007 and May 2008, Money admitted, he agreed to provide a government official with a total of $55,000 in bribe payments in exchange for the award of two contracts to Daniel Construction, including a contract in the amount of $188,000 at the U.S. Tax Court.

You'll have noted a serious lapse in the reporting: After describing the deal--"Money admitted he agreed to provide a government official with a total of $55,000 in bribe payments in exchange for the award of two contracts to Daniel Construction, including a contract in the amount of $188,000 at the U.S. Tax Court."--we are left to wonder:

1. "Who GOT the bribe?
2. "What is the NAME of the corrupt official?
3. "Why is that (seemingly vital) information not included in the report?"

Crickets...

PS: David Money, a crook from "Shady Side?" You cannot make this stuff up...