Edelweiss bribe case sentencing set for April 18; Ex-employee admitted accepting $350,000

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Edelweiss bribe case sentencing set for April 18; Ex-employee admitted accepting $350,000
By Charlie Coon, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Sentencing has been scheduled for April 18 for Steven G. Potoski, who in December 2006 pleaded guilty to taking bribes in exchange for awarding Army contracts to build the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort in Garmisch, Germany.

Potoski, 47, was arrested in September 2005 after serving for seven years as director of contracting for Armed Forces Recreation Center Europe.

He later admitted in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York to accepting more than $350,000 in bribes from 15 contractors or subcontractors.

Potoski also accepted home renovations, automobile maintenance, airline tickets, hotel rooms and furniture, among other things, from the contractors, according to a Justice Department news release.

Potoski has pleaded guilty to one count of bribery and three counts of filing false tax returns. He faces up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the bribery count, and three years in prison and a $100,000 fine for each count of filing false tax returns.


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