C & D Distributors
Lexington, SC 29072
Phone: (803) 957-6300
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08/17/2007 Posted by pbealtx
Pentagon paid nearly $1 million to ship two 19-cent washers The Pentagon paid a small South Carolina company — run by twin sisters — nearly $1 million to ship two 19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas, Bloomberg reports. And over six years, the company, C&D Distributors in Lexington, S.C., collected $20.5 million in fraudulent shipping charges from the Pentagon. The twins used the money to buy beach houses, high-end automobiles, boats, jewelry and vacations, WYFF-TV in Greenville, S.C., says. Today, the company and one sister, Charlene Corley, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to launder money. Corley's sister, Darlene Wooten, committed suicide last year. Corley, 46, was fined $750,000 and faces a maximum prison term of 20 years on each count when she is sentenced, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin McDonald. The company and two officials were barred from federal contracts in December. The $998,798 shipping charge for the washers, which were sent to Fort Bliss, was detected in September during a review. Pentagon records also show that C&D billed and was paid $455,009 to ship three machine screws costing $1.31 each to Marines in Habbaniyah, Iraq, and $293,451 to ship an 89-cent split washer to Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Fla., according to Bloomberg. The Pentagon said Corley and her sister exploited a flaw in an automated Defense Department purchasing system: bills for shipping to combat areas or U.S. bases that were labeled "priority" were usually paid automatically, Bloomberg writes.
Cons: Thieves!!!
