{"id":51516,"date":"2017-10-10T14:31:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T14:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/10\/brothers-who-owned-defense-firm-face-humvee-fraud-sentencing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:47:47","slug":"brothers-who-owned-defense-firm-face-humvee-fraud-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/10\/10\/brothers-who-owned-defense-firm-face-humvee-fraud-sentencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Founders of defense firm sentenced in DoD fraud scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PITTSBURGH \u2014 Two brothers who formerly owned a Pennsylvania defense contractor have been sentenced to prison and fined after pleading guilty in a $6 million scheme to overcharge the U.S. Defense Department for Humvee window kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Buckner, 68, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and fined $500,000. John Buckner, 66, was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $300,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab said Thomas Buckner received the stiffer sentence because he was more involved in the day-to-day business of Ibis Tek LLC, the Butler-based contractor the brothers founded, especially after Buckner retired from the company\u2019s management in 2007. The brothers each owned half the company when the crimes occurred; the company was sold in February to new investors who had nothing to do with the scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Buckners and their former chief financial officer, Harry Kramer, 52, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in May to charges of major fraud against the government and income tax evasion for filing returns that didn\u2019t include the illegal income, as well as other irregularities. Kramer will be sentenced Oct. 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\t