Man Lied to FBI During Kickback Probe

A Portsmouth, RI, man who admitted in June to being involved in a that included an East Cobb man has agreed to plead guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation. 

, 57, a subcontractor, admitted he was the conduit for alleged kickbacks from Advanced Solutions for Tomorrow (ASFT), a company based in Middletown, RI, and Roswell, to .

Spencer now has agreed to plead guilty to lying to the FBI on three occasions during the investigation, according U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha in Rhode Island and Richard Deslauriers, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston Field Office. 

Spencer made the false statements to the FBI from September to January.

Spencer is scheduled to be sentenced June 21 on the charge of conspiracy to commit bribery.

Mariano, 53, of Arlington, VA, has been charged with receiving a bribe as a public official.

Patrick Nagle, 51, of East Cobb, a former senior vice president and director of contracts for ASFT, agreed in August to and .

He is scheduled to be sentenced July 9 after .

Anjan Dutta-Gupta, 59, of Roswell, founder and president of ASFT, pleaded guilty last April to paying bribes to ensure payment and additional funding to existing Navy contracts and work orders for ASFT. Dutta-Gupta is scheduled to be sentenced June 21.