Former Intelligence Community Contractor Pleads Guilty in Kickback Scheme

The defendant was accused of taking payments from companies he helped win contracts from a U.S. intelligence agency.

The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, on May 6, 2025. The Canadian Press/AP-Julia Demaree Nikhinson

A former U.S. intelligence community contractor pleaded guilty to a scheme to win financial kickbacks involving the process for procuring information technology products for an intelligence community agency.

On June 12, the Department of Justice announced that the defendant—55-year-old David Duggin—pleaded guilty to a charge filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.