853 0 obj <>stream Stephen Orenstein Principal at Supreme Group United Arab Emirates Supreme Group Steve Orenstein Founder and CEO at Zoom2u & Locate2u (ASX:Z2U) Greater Sydney Area Zoom2u Technologies. The company also agreed to pay $101 million to settle a whistle-blower lawsuit, $38.3 million to refund the troop-support agency for bottled water, and $45 million to address other allegations. "Our biggest single project, sadly and inadvertently of course, may have been the development of mass corruption," he told SIGAR in 2016. Supreme Court Laments Loss Of Values, Morals As Major Failing Of Nation. The best result we found for your search is Stephen Lindsey Orenstein age 50s in Albany, NY in the Loudonville neighborhood. Got a confidential news tip? Click image or button bellow to READ or DOWNLOAD FREE Calypso Book Information : Title : Calypso Rating : Author : Lan. This represents a great opportunity, as education can play a huge role in ensuring the future peace and prosperity of our country. 3. 575. Marcus Yam | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images. The more you can do locally, the more receptivity you have from the people in that area. CNBC reached out to his company and requested an interview, but no one replied. Continue reading your article witha WSJ subscription, Already a member? Reston, Virginia (PRWEB) January 27, 2014 Supreme Group, a global leader in the provision of end to end supply chain solutions in challenging environments around the world, has been awarded a twelve-month contract to provide catering, cleaning, laundry and security services for Mongolia's first wind farm project.The contract was awarded by Clean Energy, a joint venture among Newcom Group . Mohammad Nabi Sahab, Director of Education for the Afghan Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs, said: Until now, our students have been learning computer studies theoretically, without any practical experience. He later started a small company supplying military bases with goods and fuel. 2. Even though Dail refrained from contacting his former agency, his firm managed to persuade DLA in 2010 to declare that Supreme Group was the only company that could provide food for Americas 100,000 soldiers in Afghanistan, and that requiring it to face competitive bidding would cause mission failure. That declaration pushed the firm into a category of elite contractors that get their work renewed without bidding. Dubai-based Supreme delivers fuel and food -- 100,000 meals a day -- to troops stationed in some of the most inhospitable parts of the world, including Liberia, Mali and Sudan. It is difficult for our students to become professionals and start their careers without any hbbd``b`$"S!$X@aq$f@HlX|d# + In 2009, Shadman's company billed the Department of Defense for $45 million. Investigators for Rep. John Tierney of Massachusetts, a top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, are examining Supremes work, and Tierney is calling for a full committee investigation. 20-1845 (4th Cir. The group, headquartered in Amsterdam and owned by American billionaire Stephen Orenstein, pleaded guilty to criminal charges and agreed to pay . "You just can't. (The $3.74 price per pound shipped was an oversight, the Pentagon told auditors.) Supreme Foundation, a registered charitable trust established by the global supply chain solutions provider Supreme Group, has opened a computer lab to support the education of 2,000 disadvantaged students attending Khushal Khan #1 High School in Kabul. He was the Republican nominee for governor of Minnesota in the 2022 election.. Jensen was born and raised in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.He earned his M.D. Five years later, history proved him right. But what Boucher failed to factor in was the long-term toll that decades of official corruption, fueled by all the American money, would take on ordinary Afghans' already shaky faith in democratic government. Bilal Guler | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images. As troop levels increased, so did Shadman's revenue. Supreme Group had $5.6 billion in revenues during the peak of the Afghanistan war in 2011, with $1.66 billion paid out to owners as dividends. To facilitate better business opportunities, Supreme formed a joint venture between a local Mongolian company and Global Supreme Group Mongolia LLC, a subsidiary of Supreme Group. His hobbies are football, tennis and diving[2]. Richard Boucher, who served as assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia during President George W. Bush's administration, which launched the war in October 2001, described two different levels of corruption. The focus is still on food, he explained, but it also includes catering. The Stephen Orenstein says "Access to computers and a qualified teacher will ensure a brighter future for the children". Articles taken from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be accessed on Wikipedia's Draft Namespace. All Rights Reserved. two year contract, with an optional two year extension, recently commenced operation. Supreme Foodservice, GMBH et al (1:17-cv-01290), Virginia Eastern District Court, Filed: 11/14/2017 - PacerMonitor Mobile Federal and Bankruptcy Court PACER Dockets . Members of the US Supreme Court pose for a group photo in Washington, DC, in April 2021. http://www.securityconference.de/fileadmin/MSC_/PDF/Participants_MSC2013_01.pdf. The non-profit organization helps children to develop the After two decades of nation-building and $2.1 trillion, the economic status of ordinary Afghans has barely changed at all. Dubai-based Supreme delivers fuel and food -- 100,000 meals a day -- to troops stationed in some of the most inhospitable parts of the world, including Liberia, Mali and Sudan. A boy squats near a convoy of 30 trucks parked on the side of a road in Quetta, at dusk 03 November 2001 just before they leave for Kandahar, Afghanistan. Read today, Crocker's insight into the perils that huge U.S. government contracts posed to Afghanistan seems prescient. The Defense Logistics Agencys food distribution centers in Afghanistan are providing fresher food to troops and also creating thousands of jobs for local Afghans, stated Stephen Orenstein of Supreme Group. Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC delivered to your inbox. "I think the corruption's not only causing negative impacts on the businesses, but it also has a direct link with the insecurity," he said. Income per capita was just $500. Yet it took just nine days for the Taliban to seize every provincial capital, dissolve the army and overthrow the U.S.-backed government in August. (Podcast). Henry Orenstein, a Holocaust survivor who built a major American toy company, later persuaded Hasbro to start its line of Transformers action figures, and who in his 70s patented an ingenious way . http://online.wsj.com/articles/supreme-group-fined-350-million-over-food-deals-1418048001. Stephen Orenstein, Supreme Group Leadership, Stephen Orenstein participates in the Munich Security Conference, Stephen Orenstein DLA Brings fresh food to troops, jobs to Afghanistan, creating thousands of jobs for local Afghans, Stephen Orenstein and Supreme Group Sponsor Afghanistan Cricket, http://www.asiancricket.org/index.php/news/april-2010/1714, Stephen Orenstein: Supreme Foundation donates essential classroom supplies and textbooks to Educational Center in Kabul, http://www.supreme-group.net/node/149#sthash.IwMBA8vC.dpuf”, Stephen Orenstein states Supreme to provide aviation fuel to 96 civilian airports worldwide for the Royal Air Force, UK MoD Awards Supreme Group Worldwide Fuel Supply Contract. The company leverages the proficiencies of both companies to offer full supply chain solutions. provision of aviation fuel and refuelling services to 96 civilian airports worldwide, predominantly for the Royal Air Force. The US government on Monday fined Supreme Group, one of the largest suppliers to US troops in Afghanistan, US$ 434 million for fraudulently overcharging the government for food and water. Whatever the outcome, the rise of Supreme Group is a classic tale of a Pentagon procurement system still laboring to overcome decades of suspicions about overpriced hammers and toilet seats, conflicts of interests, kickbacks, and a revolving door between the government and private contractors. in schools, healthcare facilities, and housing developments in Bosnia, the Ivory Coast and Distribution and use of this material are governed by For example, a surcharge of 30 percent was charged for each can of Coca-Cola[9][10]. One of them was Fahim Hashimy, who was working as an English teacher in Kabul on Sept. 11, 2001. for more than 10 years in support of many of the worlds leading organizations, governments The report alleges, among other things, that Supreme was charging taxpayers nearly $4 just in freight costs for every pound of fruit and vegetables it flew into Afghanistan, racking up $454 million in costs. When the opportunity to sponsor Afghanistan in the cricket ICC World Cricket World Twenty 20, Stephen Orenstein pounced on the opportunity. Stephen Orenstein, 50, made his fortune in more hostile environs. You can read the details below. [4]: 3 2-40 While some sociologists . . Supreme Group BV pleaded guilty to fraud charges related to its handling of an $8.8 billion supply contract that was extended twice before the company lost the business in 2013. Verizon Wireless, +2 more . The Foundation has made substantial investments ", Crocker was one of the more than 500 officials interviewed by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction for an internal project called "Lessons Learned.". PWC, which has changed its name (to Agility), has pleaded not guilty. Henry Orenstein was standing outside his concentration camp barracks, shivering, when the amplified voice of his salvation cut through the frigid air: "All Jewish scientists, engineers, inventors . Reston, Virginia (PRWEB) November 17, 2013 Supreme Group, a global leader in the provision of end to end supply chain solutions in challenging environments around the world, has unveiled its first major Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, which describes the company's ethical, social and environmental performance globally in 2012. The plea and settlement were announced Monday by U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger and accepted at a hearing before the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The Group has operated in Afghanistan It still provides them with a competitive advantage to learn about the DLA operations.. He says there is no conflict of interest because he does not represent the company on the food contract in front of the DLA, and because his required two-year cooling-off period for ex-Pentagon officials has expired. hb```c``rf`a`f`@ f(G#D@CA@ ""Nh/V'~_Zz`t%uEa+mmWR4xzO{FAn'@D|5joQM} 95Vj4;N1(TUUQTPWQg0CnO. computer skills. It was Napoleon Bonaparte, more than 200 years ago, who quipped that an Army marches on its stomach. This is an exciting project that reflects the MoDs continued confidence in our proven ability to deliver rapid and reliable results, said Stephen Orenstein, Principal, Supreme Group. 0 It was Alfred Orenstein, not his son, Stephen Orenstein. The Supreme group employs 13,000 Afghan nationals and spends millions of dollars on the local Afghan economy each year. Growing casualties havent so far shaken Pskov, an impoverished region that is home to the elite Russian paratrooper division that occupied Bucha in Ukraine. The group made a commitment to keep its owners away from managing Pentagon contracts for 5 years in an agreement with the US Department of Justice. Stephen Orenstein joined Supreme Group as a part of the sales division in 1985[5]. A few of these millionaires became role models for a new generation of Afghan entrepreneurs and philanthropists. The MoD appointed several companies to provide worldwide aviation fuel services and we are very happy to have been awarded a significant portion of the total business.. Still, Dail acknowledges it is fair to ask why he was hired. Phone: +1 202 239 3844. Ornstein, one of the companys owners, testified Supreme Groups fee was usually 18 to 21 percent on top of the cost of the food. A civilian contractor power washes a Mine-Resistant All-Terrain Vehicle May 9, 2013 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Markets never sleep, and neither does Bloomberg News. Supreme Foodservice GmbH, a logistics company co-owned by billionaire Stephen Orenstein, agreed to pay $434 million to settle criminal and civil allegations that it overbilled the U.S. for. For over fifty years we have partnered with military and international peace-keeping forces to ensure troops in conflict zones are equipped with the supplies necessary for mission success. Represented By. When the U.S. government announced it was planning to hire a separate contractor to handle food imports in Afghanistan, officials decided a firm like PWC could not service both countries. Stephen Orenstein Email Address Found 1 email address listing: @supreme-group.net Stephen Orenstein Phone Number Found 3 phone numbers: +971 56 681 XXXX +971 4 326 XXXX +49 170 186XXXX 5 free lookups per month. Supreme Group Steve Orenstein Senior Operations Manager at Verizon Wireless Leander, TX. Since the start of the war there in 2001, Supreme's revenue has increased more than 50-fold to $5.5 billion in. Supreme Foundation, a registered charitable trust established by the global supply chain solutions provider Supreme Group, has opened a computer lab to support the education of 2,000 disadvantaged students attending Khushal Khan #1 High School in Kabul. The United States, in Crocker's view, bears responsibility for much of the corruption in Afghanistan because it flooded the country with billions of dollars more than its economy could absorb. We are proud to be delivering a brighter future for these children, she added. 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