Contractors Sentenced

A former Navy Military Sealift Command contractor was sentenced to 96 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $212,000 late last week for his role in a bribery scheme to win military contracts, according to the Justice Department.

Scott Miserendino earlier this year pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and one count of bribery. Starting in November 2004, the Justice Department alleged, he and a former program manager started a bribery scheme that lasted five years and netted more than $265,000 in cash.

Also sentenced late last week was Timothy Miller, the co-founder of a government contracting company that won business through the scheme, the Justice Department alleged. Miller was sentenced to 24 months in prison, ordered to forfeit $167,000 and fined $25,000. He pleaded guilty earlier this year to providing illegal gratuities to Miserendino and the program manager, Kenny Toy.