Government Contractor Heads to Prison for Interactions with Government Official

2/23/18:  Most discussions about bribery of government officials involves the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, but Michael Allen Braun provides a different lesson for US government contractors as he heads to jail for 18 months.  The sentence was for Braun’s conspiracy to commit theft of honest services, wire fraud and bribery of a US public official – not a foreign government official.  His co-conspirator,US Air Force3 Master Sergeant Code Boone Covert, was sentenced to 23 months in prison for conspiracy and bribery of a public official.  The case is a reminder to companies seeking to gain government contracts.