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Second IRS staffer pleads the FifthBy RACHAEL BADE | 6/26/13 11:02 AM EDT Updated: 6/26/13 2:50 PM EDTA second IRS employee summoned to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee invoked the Fifth Amendment on Wednesday and refused to answer questions — a flashback to Lois Lerner, who did the same during a hearing on the agency’s scandal last month.Gregory Roseman, who worked as a deputy director of acquisitions at the IRS, exercised his constitutional rights when Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) started interrogating him about panel findings that he helped a friend procure potentially $500 million worth of IRS contracts.“On the advice of the counsel, I respectfully decline to answer any questions and invoke my Fifth Amendment privilege to remain silent,†Roseman said when Issa asked to whom he reported at the IRS.Issa continued: “Mr. Roseman, when did you first become aware of a company called Strong Castle Inc.?â€Roseman, who has been removed from his position pending the outcome of an inspector general investigation, repeated his first statement.
I admit to being out of the loop: what's Strong Castle?Follow the SLOW ACTING link for the others involved.QuoteWho We AreStrong Castle, Inc. (formerly Signet Computers, Incorporated) is a Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE) verified Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and a Commonwealth of Virginia Small, Women, and Minority (SWaM) certified Minority-Owned Small Business. With more than 100 years of combined experience, the executives at Strong Castle, Inc. offer exceptional management consulting, information technology products and professional services.QuotePresident and CEO: Braulio CastilloAs the President and CEO of Strong Castle, Inc., Braulio Castillo has over 20 years of extensive experience delivering IT products and services to the Federal Government.Braulio received a Bachelor’s Degree, with honors, in Business Administration and Finance from the University of San Diego. He was the first in his family to attend and graduate from any college or university. Braulio also received a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and completed the Executive Program in International Business Management at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Braulio received a congressional nomination to attend the United Stated Military Academy (West Point) from the Honorable Duncan Hunter of the “then†45th District of California and attended the United States Military Academy (West Point) Preparatory School. Braulio was honorably discharged from the United States Army and received a service connected, disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs for his active duty service as an enlisted soldier in the US Army.Braulio is a member of the National Society of Hispanic MBA’s (NSHMBA) and was an honorary cast member for the MGM Grand Resort’s “Roar Yes to Success†Program, an educational outreach campaign for the Clark County (Nevada). He also served as a mentor for Luther Jackson Middle School’s “Generaciones†Hispanic role model program for disadvantaged youths in the Fairfax County (Virginia) School District and volunteers in McLean Bible Church’s Kids Quest and the Rock Youth programs at the church’s Loudoun County campus. Braulio provides much needed financial support to numerous charitable organizations including: DayBreak Ministries in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC; International Justice Mission (IJM); the Water Project where Braulio funded water wells in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone, Africa; and Helping Haitian Angels. Braulio has also created an endowment scholarship to assist and recruit minority students at his alma mater, the University of San Diego.In 2012, under Braulio’s leadership, Strong Castle, Inc. (under former name Signet Computers, Inc.) was named the IRS Office of IT and Treasury Departmental Offices (Main Treasury) Small Business of the Year, which in turn led to the nomination and subsequent award for overall Treasury Small Business of the Year. I Never Heard Of Them, Either
Who We AreStrong Castle, Inc. (formerly Signet Computers, Incorporated) is a Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE) verified Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and a Commonwealth of Virginia Small, Women, and Minority (SWaM) certified Minority-Owned Small Business. With more than 100 years of combined experience, the executives at Strong Castle, Inc. offer exceptional management consulting, information technology products and professional services.
President and CEO: Braulio CastilloAs the President and CEO of Strong Castle, Inc., Braulio Castillo has over 20 years of extensive experience delivering IT products and services to the Federal Government.Braulio received a Bachelor’s Degree, with honors, in Business Administration and Finance from the University of San Diego. He was the first in his family to attend and graduate from any college or university. Braulio also received a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and completed the Executive Program in International Business Management at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Braulio received a congressional nomination to attend the United Stated Military Academy (West Point) from the Honorable Duncan Hunter of the “then†45th District of California and attended the United States Military Academy (West Point) Preparatory School. Braulio was honorably discharged from the United States Army and received a service connected, disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs for his active duty service as an enlisted soldier in the US Army.Braulio is a member of the National Society of Hispanic MBA’s (NSHMBA) and was an honorary cast member for the MGM Grand Resort’s “Roar Yes to Success†Program, an educational outreach campaign for the Clark County (Nevada). He also served as a mentor for Luther Jackson Middle School’s “Generaciones†Hispanic role model program for disadvantaged youths in the Fairfax County (Virginia) School District and volunteers in McLean Bible Church’s Kids Quest and the Rock Youth programs at the church’s Loudoun County campus. Braulio provides much needed financial support to numerous charitable organizations including: DayBreak Ministries in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC; International Justice Mission (IJM); the Water Project where Braulio funded water wells in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone, Africa; and Helping Haitian Angels. Braulio has also created an endowment scholarship to assist and recruit minority students at his alma mater, the University of San Diego.In 2012, under Braulio’s leadership, Strong Castle, Inc. (under former name Signet Computers, Inc.) was named the IRS Office of IT and Treasury Departmental Offices (Main Treasury) Small Business of the Year, which in turn led to the nomination and subsequent award for overall Treasury Small Business of the Year.
