3 more people charged in DeKalb bribery case
Three former employees of a janitorial services company are facing criminal charges for allegedly conspiring to bribe a former DeKalb County and Georgia World Congress Center employee, according to a Tuesday announcement by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The three were indicted on charges that they allegedly paid for a luxury Midtown Atlanta apartment for Patrick Jackson, a former DeKalb janitorial services employee. In exchange, Jackson is accused of using his position to help steer millions of dollars of contracts to Alabama-based Rite Way Services.
“These defendants are charged with circumventing the government contracting process by bribing a corrupt public official who was willing to put his own intrests above those of the taxpayers he served,” said U.S. Attorney John Horn in a statement.
The defendants are Anthony Lepore, 63, the former president and CEO of Rite Way Services; John Rife, 65, the company’s former regional vice president; and Brian Domalik, 47, the company’s former division manager. They’re charged with conspiracy to commmit honest services mail fraud.
Jackson, 55, pleaded guilty in April and was sentenced to serve four years and three months in federal prison.
A former division manager for Rite Way Services, Cecil Clark, 55, pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to bribe Jackson. He was sentenced to serve one year and five months in federal prison.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
