Boston, April 29 (PTI): An Indian-American navy contractor today pleaded guilty to his role in a $10-million kickback and bribery scam for which he could face up to 15 years in prison.

Anjan Dutta-Gupta, 58, founder and president of Rhode Island-based technology services company Advanced Solutions for Tomorrow (ASFT) pleaded guilty to paying bribes to a civilian programme manager and a senior systems engineer with the US Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).

Dutta-Gupta bribed the public official in a kickback scam, netting more than $9 million of naval funds, to ensure payment and additional funding to existing naval contracts for work purportedly to be performed at ASFT.

Dutta-Gupta, arrested on February 8 this year, is scheduled to be sentenced by a US district court chief judge Mary Lisi on December 9, 2011.

He faces up to 15 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 or three times the value of the bribe payments, US attorney Peter Neronha said.