A former employee of the Chehalis Tribe of Washington pleaded guilty on Friday to accepting a kickback.
Charanjit Singh Sodhi was the tribe's natural resource director in 2001. He arranged for a $30,000 contract using Bureau of Indian Affairs funds and took $15,000 from the contractor.
Sodhi faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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Man is guilty in kickback
(The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 5/4)
Ex-tribal employee pleads guilty for kickback
Tuesday, May 4, 2004
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