The Associated Press reported on the arrest of two employees of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers in a $20 million bribery, conspiracy and kickback case that prosecutors say may be one of the largest procurement fraud schemes in the country's history.

Authorities say this scheme spanned roughly for four years and involved false inflated invoices for government contracts and millions of dollars in kickbacks that were funneled through a network of shell companies in the United States and around the world. This allowed for the two Army Corps employees, and other two people arrested to purchase more than a dozen properties, fancy watches and sports cars, and first-class airline tickets, among other personal luxuries.

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