Michel Jamil, 60, was sentenced to 40 months for his involvement in a scheme to steal approximately 10 million gallons of fuel from the U.S. Army in Iraq. A U.S. District Court in Jamil’s home state of Virginia delivered the sentence on March 11.
Jamil pleaded guilty on Aug. 11, 2009, to one count of conspiracy to steal government property. Jamil admitted that he created a false memorandum for record (MFR) authorizing individuals, purportedly on behalf of a contractor serving the U.S. government, to draw fuel from the Victory Bulk Fuel Point in Camp Liberty, Iraq—a facility owned and operated by the United States.
Jamil used the document to steal fuel from the facility to sell on the black market. Military units and U.S. government contractors operating in and around the Victory Base Complex drew fuel there.
Jamil employed the false MFR approximately 10 to 15 times. He escorted trucks to the facility to steal the fuel. Jamil collected between $75,000 and $85,000 in personal profits reselling the fuel.
Jamil’s co-conspirators, Robert Young and Lee William Dubois, were sentenced for their involvement in the scheme last year, receiving jail terms of 97 months and three years respectively.
Young admitted that his team hired people to drive or escort trucks to steal the gas, and that he got $1 million reselling it.
Dubois pleaded guilty on Oct. 7, 2008, after claiming to have made $450,000 in the plot.
Robert Jeffery, also involved in the theft, was convicted after a two-day jury trial on one count of conspiracy and one count of theft of government property. At his trial, evidence showed that he too escorted trucks and stole fuel. Yet, unlike his co-conspirators, Jeffery did not plead guilty. He received the longest sentence, receiving four years of jail time.
The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, the FBI, as well as members of the National Procurement Fraud Task Force, and the International Contract Corruption Task Force investigated the crime.
Jamil pleaded guilty on Aug. 11, 2009, to one count of conspiracy to steal government property. Jamil admitted that he created a false memorandum for record (MFR) authorizing individuals, purportedly on behalf of a contractor serving the U.S. government, to draw fuel from the Victory Bulk Fuel Point in Camp Liberty, Iraq—a facility owned and operated by the United States.
Jamil used the document to steal fuel from the facility to sell on the black market. Military units and U.S. government contractors operating in and around the Victory Base Complex drew fuel there.
Jamil employed the false MFR approximately 10 to 15 times. He escorted trucks to the facility to steal the fuel. Jamil collected between $75,000 and $85,000 in personal profits reselling the fuel.
Jamil’s co-conspirators, Robert Young and Lee William Dubois, were sentenced for their involvement in the scheme last year, receiving jail terms of 97 months and three years respectively.
Young admitted that his team hired people to drive or escort trucks to steal the gas, and that he got $1 million reselling it.
Dubois pleaded guilty on Oct. 7, 2008, after claiming to have made $450,000 in the plot.
Robert Jeffery, also involved in the theft, was convicted after a two-day jury trial on one count of conspiracy and one count of theft of government property. At his trial, evidence showed that he too escorted trucks and stole fuel. Yet, unlike his co-conspirators, Jeffery did not plead guilty. He received the longest sentence, receiving four years of jail time.
The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, the FBI, as well as members of the National Procurement Fraud Task Force, and the International Contract Corruption Task Force investigated the crime.
