Obama suspends his Indian-Origin Chief Info Officer on corruption charges

WASHINGTON: The US President Barak Obama has suspended his Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra on corruption charges. Kundra had been in office for barely a week. He had to proceed on forced “leave” as the FBI had initiated an investigation into corruption charges against several persons, including the CIO, say media reports.

The agency has raided and searched Mr Kundara’s office. Before joining the White House Office of Management and Budget as Obama’s info czar, he was Director of a Telecommunication-Infrastructure Company.

The federal agents of the USA have already arrested an Indian-American businessman and a Washington DC government official on corruption charges and searched the offices of the capital city’s chief technology officer as part of a corruption probe.

Those arrested include Yusuf Acar, a contracting officer for Washington’s city government, and Sushil Bansal, a former employee.

The CIO and his coterie are accused of swindling the city of several million dollars through over-invoiced purchase orders for equipment and inflated billing for work by non-existent employees.