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Home›Green Marine›Woman guilty in shipyard bribery
Green Marine

August 2, 2005 · about 21 years ago

Woman guilty in shipyard bribery

The bribes started with a lunch. Soon there was an open tab at a local delicatessen. Then came concert and airline tickets. And then it was straight cash. Barbara E. Speller, who had the authority to approve lucrative freight delivery contracts for the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, admitted

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The bribes started with a lunch. Soon there was an open tab at a local delicatessen. Then came concert and airline tickets. And then it was straight cash.

Barbara E. Speller, who had the authority to approve lucrative freight delivery contracts for the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, admitted in federal court Monday that she accepted those bribes from two delivery companies.

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