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Sushil Bansal, 41, CEO of Advanced Integrated Technologies Corp. (AITC)

 

NRI Sushil Bansal CEO of the Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation (AITC),
charged with bribery and money laundering.

 

Washington DC, Feb. 13, 2009
Sukhbir Sahota/ Gary Singh/LA

NRI Sushil Bansal, 41, president and chief executive of the contracting firm Advanced Integrated Technologies Corp. (AITC) was arrested for bribery and money laundering. He was released on personal recognizance.

Yusuf Acar, 40, the Chief Technology Officer, head of IT Technology at Washington DC city government’s Office was also arrested for kickbacks, bribery, conspiracy, money laundering and conflict of interest.

Bansal received multiple contracts from the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Office- IT, anti-spyware support and to develop Web-enabled applications. Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation ( AITC) is an end-to-end Technology and Business Process Outsourcing Services company, serving the Government and Commercial sectors in the global market through multiple onshore and offshore centers, based out of USA and India.

According to Federal agents, Bansal's company received more than $13 million in revenue from D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Office in 5 years

Federal agents found the records that Bansal's firm paid $200,000 to a Circle Networks Inc. Yusuf Acar is a partner Circle Networks Inc. and this company generated about $2.2 million in revenue through D.C. government contracts. As a Chief Technology Officer, head of IT Technology at Washington DC, Yusuf Acar should not have an interest in private company

In 2006-2007, Bansal's firm issued $70,201 in checks to Acar's wife, Galen.

Yusuf Acar was working in this office since 2004. The Federal agents has also found $70,000 in cash from his home. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Hibarger told a federal judge that Acar is a flight risk and could easily flee to his country, Turkey.

Yusuf gave contracts to Bansal as a vendor to buy software items. Bansal ordered few software items, billed larger amount to D.C. Office and later they split the margin.

Last year in March, Yusuf recruited one employee- electrical engineer and tried to involve him in bribery and kickback operation. The employee became informant to FBI and recorded all conversation between Yusuf and Bansal. The informant received $8,247 from Bansal's company and also received cash $3,520 from Bansal

NRI Vivek Kundra: Last week, President Barack Obama appointed him Federal Chief Technology Officer to help oversee government technology for the ability of computer systems to speak to each other and security for vast federal information databanks.

  • His office was raided by FBI agents because of kickbacks, bribery, conspiracy, money laundering and conflict of interest there.
  • In 2007, he was appointed to the Washington post and held it when Bansal’s contract was awarded.

It is not confirmed that Vivek Kundra, 34, involved in any wrong doing. He has taken a leave of absence according to White House officials

 

 


 

 

Sushil Bansal holds MBA and MA in Economics from SUNY, NY. He also attained ABD status in the Economics Ph.D. program at SUNY, Stony Brook, New York. His special interests are reading, tennis, swimming, golf, skiing, ice-skating and playing with children. He lives with his wife Archana and two daughters Antara (10 years) and Saranga (5 years) in Northern Virginia.

Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation ( AITC) is an end-to-end Technology and Business Process Outsourcing Services company, serving the Government and Commercial sectors in the global market through multiple onshore and offshore centers, based out of USA and India. In USA, Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation
1707 L Street, Suite 250, NW
Washington DC 20036

  • Entrepreneur of the Year Award.-The Association of Indians in America (Washington DC Chapter) selected Mr. Sushil Bansal for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The award ceremony was held on August 10, 2008 in Rockville, Maryland. Mr. Bansal was selected for this award for his outstanding contribution in the field of information technology and to the growth of AITC. Mr. Bansal is founder and CEO of AITC. The award ceremony also included 25 academic achievement awards to outstanding students, Scientist of the Year Award, and Community Service Award. The ceremony was attended over 100 people including a very senior representative from the Embassy of India in Washington DC. Mr. Bansal emphasized the importance of innovation to run a successful IT company in his acceptance speech.