Ex-Army General, 9 Others Indicted
A retired four-star Army general was among 10 people indicted Monday in a defense contractor’s alleged $40-million scheme to falsify tests and sell defective parts for military munitions.
Eight were top-level officers of now-defunct Sooner Defense of Florida Inc., including retired Army Gen. Wallace H. Nutting of Biddeford Pool, Me., the U.S. attorney’s office said. The other two were government workers who monitored work at the company for compliance with Defense Department contracts.
Nutting once was chief of the U.S. Southern Command based in Panama and headed the U.S. Readiness Command when he retired in 1985.
From his home, Nutting said he found the federal charges “incomprehensible” and that he expects to be cleared.
All 10 people were indicted on charges of conspiracy. They are also accused of various counts of submitting false claims, wire fraud, money laundering, making false statements and bribery.
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