Edward M Vicenzi

ITT Corp.'s Gilfillan division, a Van Nuys-based defense contractor, pleaded guilty Monday to a single count of conspiring to defraud the government for treating Air Force aides to liquor, food, golf and entertainment to get secrets used to bid on $230 million in military contracts. In a plea bargain, federal prosecutors agreed to drop three other felony charges and to recommend that the international conglomerate, which faces a maximum fine of $500,000, be fined just $200,000.

ITT Corp.'s Gilfillan division, a Van Nuys-based defense contractor, pleaded guilty Monday to a single count of conspiring to defraud the government for treating Air Force aides to liquor, food, golf and entertainment to get secrets used to bid on $230 million in military contracts. In a plea bargain, federal prosecutors agreed to drop three other felony charges and to recommend that the international conglomerate, which faces a maximum fine of $500,000, be fined just $200,000.

In a case widely considered a prototype for the current nationwide investigation of Pentagon procurement fraud, a Van Nuys defense contractor has agreed to plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge of corrupting the procurement system to obtain inside information on major Air Force contracts. ITT Corp.'

In a case widely considered a prototype for the current nationwide investigation of Pentagon procurement fraud, a Van Nuys defense contractor has agreed to plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge of corrupting the procurement system to obtain inside information on major Air Force contracts. ITT Corp.'

A former employee of ITT Gilfillan, a Van Nuys-based unit of ITT Corp., claims that he was only following company policy when he approved expense statements of another employee who, according to federal prosecutors, illegally entertained Air Force officials to obtain confidential information about military contracts that could have been worth $236 million. Dougal W. S.