Workers Plead Guilty in Defense Kickbacks Scheme:...

Workers Plead Guilty in Defense Kickbacks Scheme: Two defense industry workers pleaded guilty to charges that they received more than $47,000 in kickbacks for directing the business of their employers to various defense subcontractors. The convictions of Frank Brown, 56, and Raymond Fisher, 67, marked the latest in a long-term government investigation of fraud and other improprieties in the defense industry. Fisher pleaded guilty to failing to report more than $22,000 of income on his 1984 tax return and more than $18,000 on his 1985 return. Prosecutors said the unreported money stemmed from kickbacks he received from directing the business of his employer, the Eaton Corp., to various defense subcontractors. In a separate case, Brown pleaded guilty to failing to disclose more than $7,000 he allegedly received in kickbacks as an employee of Hamilton-Avent and Cetec. (Court Case Nos. 90-668, 90-669. Convicted Sept. 17, 1990)