Barrow then made payments to the Kays in cash, which Barrow withdrew from his personal accounts and from MJ-6 accounts. In order to conceal his corrupt relationship with the Kays, Barrow caused the glass company he worked for to enter into contracts and make payments to Transportation Logistics Services, LLC, a company incorporated by John Kays, until the glass company fired Barrow. Total contracts steered to MJ-6 by the Kays exceeded $21 million. Specifically, the Kays used their official positions to add MJ–6 as a subcontractor acceptable to the Army, steer potential employees for government contractors to work for MJ-6, approve MJ-6 employees to work on various Task Orders, and approve the pay rates, status reports, and travel reimbursements for MJ-6 employees. Kays has admitted using her official position to benefit Barrow and MJ-6 during the period from 2011to 2014. Barrow formed a company called MJ-6, to which John Kays admitted that he steered CECOM subcontracts in exchange for money.Īccording to the plea agreements, from August 2008 to June 2014, John Kays agreed to take official actions favorable to Barrow and MJ-6 in return for Barrow paying them a total of approximately $800,000. Barrow worked for a glass manufacturer in Toledo, OH. In 2008, John Kays and Danielle Kays had leadership positions within CECOM as civilian employees of the Army.
John and Danielle Kays each had leadership positions as civilians at APG related to this contract.Īccording to court documents, John Kays, Danielle Kays, and Barrow all graduated from West Point together. Army Contracting Command at APG awarded a 10-year, $19.2 billion contract to seven prime contractors to provide technology services to support the integrated engineering, business operations, and logistics needs for the Army.
Johnson of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office. Army Criminal Investigation Command and Special Agent in Charge Gordon B. Scott Moreland, Mid-Atlantic Fraud Field Office, Major Procurement Fraud Unit, U.S. of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service - Mid-Atlantic Field Office Special Agent in Charge L. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Danielle Kays is presently serving an 18-month sentence with the Bureau of Prisons. Kays' wife Danielle Kays, age 43 and Matthew Barrow, age 44, of Toledo, Ohio were also charged in the scheme and have pled guilty. Judge Blake also ordered forfeiture in the amount of $631,705, as well as restitution of at least $886,519.52. Army Communications-Electronics Command headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), in Harford County, Maryland. Blake sentenced John Kays, age 44, of Pinehurst, North Carolina (formerly of Bel Air, Maryland) to six years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for accepting bribes of $800,000 from 2009 to 2012 related to contracting at the U.S. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact ELIZABETH MORSEīaltimore, Maryland – United States District Judge Catherine C.
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