NATIONAL BRIEFING / PENNSYLVANIA
Times Wire Reports
A former contractor was sentenced in Pittsburgh to more than five years in prison for defrauding the federal government by padding his bills during reconstruction of the Pentagon after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Federal prosecutors said Thomas Cousar, formerly of suburban Pittsburgh, was heard exclaiming, “We’re gonna make a million bucks!” while watching TV coverage of the burning Pentagon the day after the attacks. Cousar, 55, who now lives in Alexandria, Va., received 63 months in prison.
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