{"id":159234,"date":"2024-07-26T10:05:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=159234"},"modified":"2024-07-25T16:10:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:10:02","slug":"soldier-sentenced-for-selling-2-million-worth-of-military-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=159234","title":{"rendered":"Soldier sentenced for selling $2 million worth of military equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Police-in-barracks-interviewing-soldiers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-147600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Police-in-barracks-interviewing-soldiers-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Police-in-barracks-interviewing-soldiers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Police-in-barracks-interviewing-soldiers-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Police-in-barracks-interviewing-soldiers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Police-in-barracks-interviewing-soldiers-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Police-in-barracks-interviewing-soldiers.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christopher Hammond, 38, is a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the Army. He abused his position via ordering military equipment for his unit. However, instead of recording the items into the proper inventories, he sold them. Over the two-year period that he conducted this scheme, he received $1.8 million via wire transfers. He also received other methods of payment. A federal judge sentenced Hammond to three years in prison. Hammond must also pay $500,000 in restitution and forfeiture.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>From Military Times:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Hammond stole and then sold military scopes, weapons parts, tools, night vision goggles and ATVs meant to support our troops in the fight for freedom,&#8221; said U.S. Attorney Michael Easley. &#8220;Through his scheme, he had hoped to retire in style. Instead, he will be spending the next three years in prison.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over a two-year period, Hammond used his position at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, since renamed Fort Liberty, to requisition government property for his unit. But Hammond never logged the property into Army inventory and instead sold the items to various individuals, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>During that time, Hammond received at least $1.8 million in wire transfers and other payments. When police searched his home, they seized 98 firearms, 90 military-issued spotting scopes, hundreds of other military-issued firearms accessories, night vision goggles, electronic equipment and more than $100,000 in cash, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This sentencing sends a stark warning to those who put greed above their sworn duty,&#8221; stated Christopher Dillard, special agent in charge of the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), Mid-Atlantic Field Office.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators traced 200 items sold by Hammond or at his home that should have been issued to his unit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Additional reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South, T. (2024, July 26). Army warrant officer sentenced for selling $2 million in stolen gear.<em> Military Times<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/07\/25\/army-warrant-officer-sentenced-for-selling-2-million-in-stolen-gear\/\">Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Hammond, 38, is a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the Army. 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