A former Georgia Department of Labor employee has been indicted on bribery charges after allegedly soliciting money from a contractor.
Peter Brown, whose responsibilities with the Department of Labor included supervising contractors on department projects, was indicted Thursday by a Cobb County grand jury, according to Lauren Kane, a spokeswoman for state Attorney General Sam Olens.
"At some point during the fall of 2011, [Brown] solicited $4,000 from a contractor he supervised in exchange for future contracts," Kane said in a statement released Tuesday.
She said the contractor notified the Office of the Inspector General, which referred the case to the GBI.
On April 13, 2012, the GBI arranged for the contractor to meet Brown at a Cobb County restaurant, according to Kane.
"The contractor brought with her $4,000.00 in cash provided by the GBI agents," Kane said. "While meeting with Brown, the contractor took covert audio and video recordings of their conversation, during which Brown accepted the money and made plans for how he was going to help her get future contracts with DOL."
After GBI agents observed the exchange from outside the restaurant, Brown was arrested.
Kane said a bribery conviction carries a minimum of one and a maximum of 25 years in prison, and/or a fine of not more than $5,000.
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