Fourth colonel to serve prison time for Fort Gordon bribery and bid-rigging scheme
August 7, 2020
A fourth member of the “colonels cabal†that schemed to exchange bribes for $20 million in government contracts at Fort Gordon was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday.
Col. Joseph Young appeared in U.S. District Court in Augusta for sentencing on a single count of conspiracy. He pleaded guilty to the charge in November and agreed at that time to pay a $1.13 million judgment to the government, although his attorney argued Young shouldn’t have to pay any money because he doesn’t have any funds but his military retirement.
But Judge Dudley H. Bowen Jr. ruled Young will pay the $1,131,86.66 restitution — which equals the bribe money he paid — as well as a $50,000 fine.
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