‘Port man accused in bribery ring (Dec. 26, 2008)
By Emma Bouthillette
Staff Writer
After being under investigation for about two months, Maurice Subilia, 64, of Kennebunkport has recently been charged by the U. S. District Court in Birmingham with conspiracy to bribe a public official and bribing a public official. It is suspected that between 2001 and 2007, Subilia paid $1.2 million to public officials from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command with the intent to influence the officials’ actions on the funding of certain government contracts.
Calls to Subilia’s Kennebunkport residence were not returned as of press time.
According to a press release from the U.S. District Court in Birmingham, Ala. where Subilia was charged, during the same period he is suspected of bribing public officials, Subilia was the president and a director of Lealagi, Inc., a contract research and property development company based in Kennebunk and Sage Technologies, LLC a company that manages health care delivery networks, health benefits claims processing, utilization management, and health data analysis in Illinois. Both companies subcontracted government contracts for the U.S. Army.
Subilia also resigned from his position as president of Fiber Materials, a company that designs, manufactures and tests resin reinforced composite materials and high temperature insulation materials in Biddeford, in April 2007, Fiber Materials General Counsel Jennifer Beedy said. Beedy did not release any further information on Subilia’s position with Fiber Materials, including the length of his presidency with the company.
According to U.S. Attorney Alice H. Martin’s office, the maximum sentence for bribing a public official is fifteen years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The maximum sentence for conspiracy to bribe a public official is five years in prison and a $250,000.00 fine.
Two public officials with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Michael Cantrell and Douglas Ennis have pled guilty with taking bribes in connection with this case, according to U.S. District Court in Birmingham, Ala. Michael Cantrell plead guilty on Jan. 14, and Douglas Ennis plead guilty on Feb. 21. Both are await sentencing.
“The integrity of our government contracting system is threatened by those who would pay bribes under the table to influence government actions,” said Martin. “My office will aggressively prosecute those threats. We anticipate that this case will be transferred to the District of Maine for disposition.”
A New York Times article published Oct. 12 reported Cantrell and Ennis met with “a Maine contractor,” later identified as Subilia, “to figure out how to pocket some of the government’s money.”
According to the article, “From 2001 to 2007, [Cantrell and Ennis] collected kickback from contractors. During one visit to the U.S. Airways Club, Ennis picked up a briefcase stuffed with $75,000 in cash, according to federal court records. Mr. Cantrell also got checks ranging from $5,000 to $60,000 once or twice a month, court records show.”
At the time the article was published, Subilia was under investigation, and as of press time, Subilia’s lawyer Toby Dilworth of the McCloskey Resource Group in Portland had not returned phone calls.
This is not the first time Subilia will be facing a judge.
According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice in the District of Massachusetts, Subilia should have recently finished a three year probation after a sentencing Nov. 18, 2005 for being found guilty of violating the export administration act and one count of conspiracy March 31, 1995.
Subilia was found to have exported to India equipment that is used to manufacture a material that improves the accuracy of strategic ballistic missiles with nuclear capabilities.
According to the press release, special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Directorate, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and the Internal Revenue Service worked together in the investigation of this case. Assistant United States Attorney Michael W. Whisonant is prosecuting this case on behalf of the United States.
Staff Writer
After being under investigation for about two months, Maurice Subilia, 64, of Kennebunkport has recently been charged by the U. S. District Court in Birmingham with conspiracy to bribe a public official and bribing a public official. It is suspected that between 2001 and 2007, Subilia paid $1.2 million to public officials from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command with the intent to influence the officials’ actions on the funding of certain government contracts.
Calls to Subilia’s Kennebunkport residence were not returned as of press time.
According to a press release from the U.S. District Court in Birmingham, Ala. where Subilia was charged, during the same period he is suspected of bribing public officials, Subilia was the president and a director of Lealagi, Inc., a contract research and property development company based in Kennebunk and Sage Technologies, LLC a company that manages health care delivery networks, health benefits claims processing, utilization management, and health data analysis in Illinois. Both companies subcontracted government contracts for the U.S. Army.
Subilia also resigned from his position as president of Fiber Materials, a company that designs, manufactures and tests resin reinforced composite materials and high temperature insulation materials in Biddeford, in April 2007, Fiber Materials General Counsel Jennifer Beedy said. Beedy did not release any further information on Subilia’s position with Fiber Materials, including the length of his presidency with the company.
According to U.S. Attorney Alice H. Martin’s office, the maximum sentence for bribing a public official is fifteen years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The maximum sentence for conspiracy to bribe a public official is five years in prison and a $250,000.00 fine.
Two public officials with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Michael Cantrell and Douglas Ennis have pled guilty with taking bribes in connection with this case, according to U.S. District Court in Birmingham, Ala. Michael Cantrell plead guilty on Jan. 14, and Douglas Ennis plead guilty on Feb. 21. Both are await sentencing.
“The integrity of our government contracting system is threatened by those who would pay bribes under the table to influence government actions,” said Martin. “My office will aggressively prosecute those threats. We anticipate that this case will be transferred to the District of Maine for disposition.”
A New York Times article published Oct. 12 reported Cantrell and Ennis met with “a Maine contractor,” later identified as Subilia, “to figure out how to pocket some of the government’s money.”
According to the article, “From 2001 to 2007, [Cantrell and Ennis] collected kickback from contractors. During one visit to the U.S. Airways Club, Ennis picked up a briefcase stuffed with $75,000 in cash, according to federal court records. Mr. Cantrell also got checks ranging from $5,000 to $60,000 once or twice a month, court records show.”
At the time the article was published, Subilia was under investigation, and as of press time, Subilia’s lawyer Toby Dilworth of the McCloskey Resource Group in Portland had not returned phone calls.
This is not the first time Subilia will be facing a judge.
According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice in the District of Massachusetts, Subilia should have recently finished a three year probation after a sentencing Nov. 18, 2005 for being found guilty of violating the export administration act and one count of conspiracy March 31, 1995.
Subilia was found to have exported to India equipment that is used to manufacture a material that improves the accuracy of strategic ballistic missiles with nuclear capabilities.
According to the press release, special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Directorate, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and the Internal Revenue Service worked together in the investigation of this case. Assistant United States Attorney Michael W. Whisonant is prosecuting this case on behalf of the United States.
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