Three former

employees and two foreign contractors have been indicted in connection to a kickback scheme surrounding the award of more than $50 million in construction contracts in Iraq.

According to the indictment, the men secured tens of millions in Iraq construction contracts for providing safe access to fuel, electricity, education and medical treatment.

New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman says at least six foreign bank accounts in Jordan and Egypt were used to transfer illegal bribes and kickback payments to U.S. bank accounts.

INDICTMENT:

At least a dozen of the U.S. accounts were based in New Jersey.

One of the men indicted is Bushkill Township resident John Alfy Salama Markus, a 39-year-old U.S. citizen who was born in Egypt, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. He is a former project engineer for the USACE in the Gulf Region North, Iraq, the release says.

At that time, he was released on $500,000 bail and ordered to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet, the release says.