DOJ: Defendant Sentenced in Case Involving Bribery and Fraud Scheme in American Samoa

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The former Director of the American Samoa Department of Procurement has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison and fined $5,000 on charges of conspiring to commit bribery and fraud concerning federal programs, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.

Fa'au Seumanutafa of Pago Pago, American Samoa was sentenced by the Honorable David Alan Ezra at U.S. District Court in Honolulu on Monday. In addition to the prison sentence and fine, Seumanutafa was ordered to pay $80,000 restitution to the government of ...

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