Businessmen accused in “pay-to-play” DIA scandal charged with bribery attempt in Aspen

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Two men who have been accused in a civil lawsuit of bribing a DIA executive were charged in federal court with mail fraud, which suggests they have been both government informants and targets of federal investigations into bribery at airports.

Patrons eat at a Smashburger inside Denver International Airport. Samir Mashni and Dean Hachem, who operate two Smashburger locations at DIA, have been accused of bribery. Two men who have been accused in a civil lawsuit of bribing a Denver International Airport executive were, which suggests they have been both government informants as well as targets of federal investigations into bribery at airports.

Federal prosecutors have presented few details to U.S. District Court Judge Regina Rodriguez about what Mashni and Hachem are accused of doing. The charging document claims that between September 2016 and December 2017, the two defendants conspired with each other to commit honest services mail fraud, a felony that is common in government corruption cases.

Three years before they were accused of bribery by federal prosecutors, Mashni and Hachem were accused of bribery by DIA Brewing Co., which is affiliated with Denver’s Wynkoop Brewing Co. and Cherry Cricket restaurants, and which lost a restaurant contract at DIA to Mashni and Hachem’s company in 2016.

The alleged quid pro quo occurred in 2015, Long claims. The next year, the Denver City Council approved the bid by Mashni and Hachem’s company, Midfield Concession Enterprises, at the urging of DIA executives, according to past media reports. Midfield operates four locations at DIA: Two Smashburger restaurants, a brewpub in the Westin hotel and a coffee bar in the hotel.

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