European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              July 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition fraud investigated at base in Germany by Steve Mraz and Scott Schonauer stars and stripes Germany air Force and German authorities Are investigating allegations of fraud and corruption surround ing several construction projects on Ramstein air including the nearly million mall and hotel a special team of six German investigators one attorney and five police officers is look ing into the activities of the top officials in civilian construction and engineering firms involved in work on the bases runway and passenger Termi kaisers laut erns leading senior Public prosecutor Helmut said multiple raids by German police have netted More than documents since the investigation began in the investigations 20 suspects including two civilian engineers allegedly have bilked the and German governments of millions of the alleged fraud centers on charging for work never done and providing trips instead of pay bleh said through a Transl those under investigation have denied any bleh so no one has been arrested for which carries a maximum sentence of five years in jail and hefty he on the military the air Force office of special investigations has confiscated computers and documents from the air forces in Europe office of installations and Mission sup Rote and offer current of of july Ond Ore subject to rate dependent on amount borrowed and Model Yea 72 monthly payments of approximately rate applies to online applications the applicable ask finding the right car loan is the easy part apr up to 72 months if you can find a better take 8002475626 or Call 5103767328 from any class a Dan line Pentagon Federal credit Union Superior proven service there Are ongoing investigations right but i cannot com ment on those said air Force Danny Safe director of installations and Mission a joint air Force Osi and Ger Man police investigation into the Ramstein called the Kaiserslautern Mili tary Community was opened in said Christine an Osi spokes once we have a full investigation we will hand it Over to the proper authority to make the proper if that she in a senior air Force civil Ian in charge of the project resigned from the Posi Tion and left the air according to a government accountability office the unnamed who left to take a Job with a contractor in is currently under Crimi Nal investigation by the air according to congressional the investigations Span a Vari Ety of both criminal and including the investigations of air Force project management officials As Well As German government the Gao re port at the Center of the German investigation is the Kaiserslautern Branch of German construction management Agency of Rhein Landes Betriex the Agency Man Ages and plans construction projects for foreign armed including the according to its web it does have its own construction equipment or construction so work is contracted the lab web site the top official at la Kaiser Slauter is under As Are five other lab bleh twelve employees from German construction and engineering companies that worked under lab Are being investigated As Are two civilian he an Anonymous letter sent in 2005 alerted German authorities to possible the fraud investigation of the Ramstein passenger Termi was expanded this year to include construction on the Complex and a ram Stein it could take at least another year to bleh the House committee on oversight and government re form also is looking into the Rea son for delays and Cost overruns in the construction of the Kaiserslautern the Origi Nally scheduled to Cost Mil lion and open april is being referred to As a million White elephant by including Henry chairman of the House oversight Marcus Klockner contributed to this email Steve Mraz at  email Scott Schonauer at