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| Soldier smuggled $1MILLION during Afghanistan deployment |
| 2013-03-11 |
| A female sojur smuggled $1 million from Afghanistan and spent the cash on body enhancements Tonya Long, 30, of Fayetteville, NC was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison and has been ordered to pay back the money she stole. Long, aka Tonya Long-Keebaugh, was convicted of bulk cash smuggling and aiding and abetting the same crime in what authorities called a gov't like revenue creating double-billing kickback scheme. Authorities said she worked with a co-conspirator who hasn't been named. The Fort Bragg-based soldier was a staff sergeant assigned to 189th Combat Self Sustainment Battalion attached to the 7th SFG(A). |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Who is her "sealed" partner? Why sealed? |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2013-03-11 23:24 |
| #6 Ah, yes, the 1st Sergeant Major of the Army - "In 1969, while Command Sergeant Major of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Wooldridge was accused in a congressional inquiry of fraud and corruption related to the military club system. This resulted in Wooldridge being tried in the court of public opinion. In 1973 the Department of Justice and Wooldridge reached an agreement whereby Wooldridge pleaded guilty to accepting stock equity from a corporation engaged in providing merchandise to the noncommissioned officers' clubs in Vietnam." |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-11 23:01 |
| #5 When I pointed out this story to one of my workmates - COL(R) USMA '78 - said; "She must have been running the SNCO club." |
| Posted by: GORT 2013-03-11 22:41 |
| #4 Exactly, CF. If she had spent that money wisely (i.e., bribes) rather than foolishly (18 wheeler, trailer, plastic surgery), she might have been able to keep more of it. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-03-11 21:01 |
| #3 More likely guilty of not greasing the appropriate political palms - both there and in D.C. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-03-11 20:33 |
| #2 A female sojur smuggled $1 million from Afghanistan and spent the cash on body enhancements.. You know Hollyweird could make a movie that premise. Oh, wait, never mind. Unfortunately, she doesn't have an established record for heavy political donations, say like Wall Street and the Banks, which would get her a pass from our DoJ. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-11 20:27 |
| #1 Sounds like she's qualified to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, or maybe become Sec Treas. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-03-11 20:09 |