DC Middle Manager Fired And Held As Flight Risk

WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- Federal prosecutors say Yusuf Acar vowed on taped that he would flee the U.S. for his native Turkey if his alleged embezzlement scheme was detected.

At his detainment hearing today, they say he gave his mother $100,000 in cash to take to Turkey. He allegedly tried to set up bank accounts in Canada and Kenya using another $200,000 in cash.

The judge agreed that the 40-year-old employee in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer was a flight risk and ordered Acar held without bond.

Yusuf Acar is being held on bribery charges involving DC Government Technology contracts that included ghost employees, a phony company controlled by Acar, kickbacks and money laundering. Today his court appointed defense attorney said he was fired from his government job following his arrest last Thursday.

Acar's alleged accomplice, Sushil Bansal is free on bail. 9NEWS NOW learned that the 41-year-old Bansal has stepped down as CEO of AITC, a firm with $13 million in DC Government contracts. He's been charged with bribery and money laundering. A spokesman at AITC offices today said the company is co-operating with the investigation.