Retired Navy Admiral Charged in Bribery Scandal
Robert P. Burke/Image Courtesy of The Navy Times
Federal prosecutors have announced the arrest of former Naval Officer Robert P. Burke, 62, on serious bribery charges.
Burke, a retired four-star Navy Admiral, was arrested on Friday. According to the Justice Department, he accepted bribes in exchange for steering government contracts to a company that promised him a lucrative job after his retirement from the Navy.
The indictment reveals that from 2020 to 2022, Burke, who oversaw Naval operations in Europe, Russia, and most of Africa and commanded thousands of civilian and military personnel, conspired with CEOs Yongchul “Charlie” Kim and Meghan Messenger of “Company A”) that provided a workforce training pilot program to a small component of the Navy from August 2018 through July 2019.
