Robert Burke started working as a senior partner at Next Jump with a starting annual salary of $500,000 and 100,000 stock options in 2022, the DOJ said.
A retired four-star U.S. Navy admiral, who was once the military branch's second-highest-ranking officer, was arrested for a bribery scheme with two New York-based tech CEOs, the Department of Justice announced.
Former Admiral Robert Burke allegedly used his high-ranking status in the Navy to help Next Jump co-CEOs Yongchul"Charlie" Kim and Meghan Messenger win hundreds of thousands of dollars in military contracts. In exchange, Kim and Messenger allegedly promised Burke employment at their company where he began working for $500,000 a year in 2022.From 2020 to 2022, Robert Burke, a 62-year-old resident of Coconut Creek, Fla., allegedly used his high-ranking status in the Navy to help Yongchul"Charlie" Kim and Meghan Messenger, the co-CEOs of New York-based workplace tech platform Next Jump, win military contracts, according to the DOJ.
In 2021, Burke allegedly told his staff to award Kim and Messenger a $355,000 military contract. In exchange, Kim and Messenger allegedly promised Burke employment at their company in the future., Burke started working as a senior partner at Next Jump with a starting annual salary of $500,000 and 100,000 stock options, the DOJ said.Burke is facing a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, while Kim and Messenger are each facing 20 years.
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