{"id":169749,"date":"2025-05-20T06:39:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=169749"},"modified":"2025-05-20T06:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:41:55","slug":"retired-navy-four-star-convicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=169749","title":{"rendered":"Retired Navy Four Star Convicted"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFormer VCNO Admiral Robert Burke<\/em><\/p>\n

Robert Burke, a retired Navy Four Star Admiral and former Vice Chief of Naval Operations, and two business executives \u2013 Yongchul \u201cCharlie\u201d Kim, 50, and Meghan Messenger, 47, both of New York\u2013 were arrested last May on charges related to their alleged roles in a bribery scheme involving U.S. government contracts. They allegedly agreed that Burke would use his position in the DOD to steer a sole-source contract to Kim and Messenger’s company in exchange for future employment.<\/p>\n

They further allegedly agreed that Burke would use his official position to influence other Navy officers to award them contracts providing training to a large portion of the Navy, with a value Kim allegedly estimated to be \u201ctriple digit millions.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was hired by the company in October 2022 with a $500,000 salary and $100,000 in stock options after retiring from the Navy.<\/p>\n

Navy’s former second-in-command convicted in historic corruption case<\/h3>\n

Retired four-star Admiral Robert Burke found guilty in scheme to direct contracts in exchange for $500,000-a-year job<\/em>
\nStepheny Price By Stepheny Price Fox News<\/strong><\/p>\n

A retired four-star admiral who once served as the Navy\u2019s second-highest ranking officer, was convicted of bribery and other conspiracy charges, making him the most senior member of the U.S. military ever convicted of committing a federal crime while on active duty.<\/p>\n

Following a five-day trial, retired four-star Adm. Robert P. Burke, 62, was found guilty on Monday of a scheme to direct lucrative contracts to a training company in exchange for a $500,000-a-year job after leaving the Navy, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n

Burke is facing up to 30 years in prison for his role in the scheme to direct contracts potentially worth millions of dollars to a New York City-based company that offered training programs to the Navy.<\/p>\n

“When you abuse your position and betray the public trust to line your own pockets, it undermines the confidence in the government you represent,” U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro wrote in a post on X following the conviction.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n

Fat Leonard’s new cellmate? Wait and see if Burke is awarded any actual prison time, and how this affects his retirement. I don’t think a loss of a star and a subsequent reduction in in benefits will suffice, though. He should be a poster boy for ‘pour encourager les autres’ and I hope he gets the max.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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