Fla. software company seeks an accounting(Involves Cunningham)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

A Florida software company will ask a San Diego receivership judge today to order an accounting of $3.5 million in federal money that Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham helped a small group of political contributors and constituents obtain through a contract with the Internal Revenue Service.

Integrated Actuarial Services of Ormond Beach, Fla., says the Rancho Santa Fe Republican, acting in his role as a member of the House Appropriations Committee, pressed the IRS to pursue an auditing project that led to a contract benefiting the San Diego group.

The group, which includes two residents of Cunningham's district, incorporated in 1999 as First Auditors for the express purpose of pursuing the IRS auditing contract. None of them had an accounting background, and First Auditors had no other projects or clients.
IAS, the Florida company, claims that First Auditors acted as little more than a shell company and used a Washington lobbyist and Cunningham's help to win the contract. IAS also claims that First Auditors improperly pocketed most of the money the IRS paid out in connection with the auditing contract, despite having almost no responsibilities under it.

First Auditors denies any wrongdoing but is resisting an audit of how it spent the roughly $3.5 million it received from the IRS before the agency decided not to renew the program earlier this year.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20050729-9999-1b29contract.html

Note: Is nothing and no one capable of stopping the brazen corruption, the looting of our government?

[Judi Lynn]

1. These guys would make a maggot gag. Good grief.

Stuffing those pockets as fast as humanly possible.

From the story:

Cunningham, who wrote at least five letters to the IRS commissioner between 2001 and 2003 urging the agency to sign a contract for the program, wasn't available for comment. But his attorney, Lee Blalack, who said he knew nothing of the project, said he was certain his client would support an accounting by the judge.

"If public money is involved, then I am sure he would support an accounting," Blalack said of Cunningham. "It's like asking if he supports apple pie."

First Auditors' three principals and their Washington lobbyist donated a total of $11,600 to Cunningham's campaign and political action committee between 2001 and 2005.
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Haven't had as much time as I'd like to read at D.U. recently, and don't know if anyone has posted this, but I've never seen this info. involving Cunningham before. It concerns the guy who bought his house and his boat:

In a series of interviews with Copley News Service yesterday, Kontogiannis confirmed that he bought Cunningham's boat and that the congressman offered to help him explore the possibility of seeking a pardon from President Bush and the Justice Department. Cunningham then put him in touch with a Washington law firm and recommended "two or three" lawyers to talk to, said the businessman.

"I said I have this problem and I was wondering if I can get a pardon out of it," said the 56-year-old real estate developer, who has more than a dozen companies. "He (Cunningham) said to me, 'I know nothing about these things, but I'll find the proper law firm and I'll let you know if they can help you.' "

Kontogiannis was among four people and five corporations pleading guilty in October 2002 to kickback and bribery charges in connection with a$6.3 million bid-rigging scheme involving contracts to provide computer services to New York public schools. Kontogiannis owned three of the companies. The defendants were ordered to repay the school board $4.8 million.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050705-9999-1n5duke.html



Whom would Jesus bribe?