Benjamin Guidry of North Dakota has been convicted of government property theft in connection with the illegal acquisition of copper wire from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.
A jury trial demonstrated that Guidry, while working for an Afghan company, solicited civilian contractors to obtain materials for him for cash. The contractors reported him to the U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Command at Kandahar Airfield, who set up a sting operation offering $54,000 in stolen spools of copper wire he purchased for $4,000 before being apprehended.
Trial Attorneys Frank Rangoussis and Ann Marie Ursini of the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section prosecuted the case. Sentencing has been set for March 20, 2017.
Army sting apprehends man for government property theft
