Va. USPS official sentenced to 18 months for taking bribes, took in at least $40K

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A former U.S. Postal Service official has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for accepting at least $40,000 in bribes to help a Maryland company receive $6 million in contracts.

Forty-eight-year-old Gene Quarles of Spotsylvania pleaded guilty earlier this year in federal court in Alexandria to bribery of a public official. Prosecutors had sought a two-year sentence.

Court documents show Quarles, a purchasing specialist, regularly received payments between 2010 and 2012 from the owners of AH Computer Consulting, Inc. in Rockville, Maryland On at least one occasion he received $3,500 cash in a brown paper bag.

In exchange, Quarles provided inside information that helped AHCC land two contracts totaling $6 million.

The company and its CEO-Technical Director, Adel Elaraby of Gaithersburg, Maryland, have also pleaded guilty and await sentencing.

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