Ex-Air Force master sergeant pleads guilty in $37M bid-rigging scheme

A retired Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday pleaded guilty to inflating the cost of information technology contracts for the U.S Pacific Air Forces by at least $37 million to enrich himself and co-conspirators, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Alan Hayward James, 51, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire…