MAINE MAN CHARGED WITH BRIBERY SCHEME INVOLVING
U.S. ARMY SPACE AND MISSILE COMMAND IN HUNTSVILLE

BIRMINGHAM, AL - United States Attorney Alice H. Martin of the Northern District of Alabama and Carmen S. Adams, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation announce today that MAURICE HENRY SUBILIA has been charged in an Information with Conspiracy to Bribe a Public Official and Bribing a Public Official.

SUBILIA, 64, of Kennebunkport, Maine was charged in a two-count Information filed today in U. S. District Court in Birmingham. The Information charges that between 2001 and 2007, SUBILIA paid $1.2 million dollars to public officials from the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command with the intent to influence the public officials' actions on the funding of certain government contracts. During that period, SUBILIA was the president and a director of Lealagi, Inc. and Sage Technologies, LLC, both of whom were subcontractors on government contracts for the U.S. Army. The maximum sentence for bribing a public official is fifteen years in prison and a $250,000.00 fine. The maximum sentence for conspiracy to bribe a public official is five years in prison and a $250,000.00 fine.

Two public officials with the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Michael Cantrell and Douglas Ennis have plead guilty in connection with taking bribes in connection with this case. Michael Cantrell plead guilty on January 14, 2008, and Douglas Ennis plead guilty on February 21, 2008. They both await sentencing.

"The integrity of our government contracting system is threatened by those who would pay bribes under the table to influence government actions," stated United States Attorney, Alice H. Martin. "My office will aggressively prosecute those threats. We anticipate that this case will be transferred to the District of Maine for disposition."


Special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Directorate, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and the Internal Revenue Service worked together in the investigation of this case. Assistant United States Attorney Michael W. Whisonant is prosecuting this case on behalf of the United States.

Members of the public are reminded that the indictment/information contains only charges. A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government's burden to prove a defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.