Ex-Defense Contractor Edelman Charged With Tax Evasion Scheme

Douglas Edelman, a former defense contractor, and his wife Delphine Le Dain have been charged with conspiring to defraud the United States and evade taxes on more than $350 million in income Edelman made during the US military’s post-9/11 efforts in Afghanistan and the Middle East, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

Edelman is accused of concealing his income from Mina Corp. and Red Star Enterprises, a defense contracting business that received more than $7 billion from contracts from the Defense Department to provide jet fuel to US troops in Afghanistan and the Middle East, DOJ said.

Edelman allegedly engaged ...