He could receive up to five years in federal prison. In pleading to the information, AMP agreed to forfeit $536,750, representing the proceeds obtained as a result of the false statements made. Six of the pumps were eventually returned to the manufacturer in China. During the plea hearing, it was revealed that the pumps were eventually sold to the Egyptian government, and proved to be of inferior quality. Other provisions required that the pumps be tested and certified, when in fact, none of the pumps were tested. One of the provisions required that the pumps be manufactured in the United States, but the pumps sold by AMP and Florio, the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for AMP, were manufactured in China. This conspiracy violated the regulations established by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Commodity Import Program (CIP). The charge in the information grew out of an indictment filed December 14, 2011, alleging that AMP conspired with international interests in order to rig the outcome of bidding process for 10 large industrial water pumps intended for an Egyptian company. Today’s guilty plea should serve notice to those who engage in procurement fraud that there is zero tolerance for such conduct, and ultimately you will be held accountable.” “Government contractors are neither exempt from nor allowed to turn a blind eye to the rules and requirements designed to prevent fraud and malfeasance. “When our government undertakes to provide development programs throughout the world, it must be able to trust its partners,” said U.S. Florio, 40, of Collierville, pleaded guilty today to making false statements to a government agency that resulted in more than a half-million dollars in fraudulent sales of water pumps to an Egyptian company, announced U.S. (AMP), a Tennessee Corporation headquartered in Collierville, and Michael J.
Memphis, TN – J-Line Pump, Inc., d/b/a American Marsh Pumps, Inc.
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