NATIONAL BRIEFING / VIRGINIA
A former Army contractor convicted of stealing $40 million worth of fuel from a military base in Iraq is helping authorities in a global search for other suspects in the case, according to court records in Alexandria.
Lee W. Dubois of Lexington, S.C., pleaded guilty last year to theft of government property and faces up to 10 years in prison.
The thefts occurred in 2007 and 2008 from Camp Liberty in Baghdad.
Dubois admitted that he and others stole more than 10 million gallons of jet fuel and diesel fuel from the base.
They used fraudulent paperwork so that fuel trucks could drive in and withdraw tens of thousands of gallons a day.
Dubois made a personal profit of at least $450,000 from the scheme and told investigators after his arrest that he may have profited by as much as $800,000.
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