Kuwait: US officer jailed for corruption


Issue 999 - 05 Sep 2015 | 1 minute read

A court in San Antonio, Texas, has sentenced US Lieutenant Colonel Mark Moss to three years in prison for accepting “gratuities” from Kuwaiti businesses while he was a unit commander at Camp Arifjan, south of Kuwait City. Prosecuting attorney Richard Durbin said that “Moss corrupted the military procurement process for personal gain… [he] used his position to line his pockets with a quarter million dollars”.

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