Yusuf Acar has been arrested. FBI agents handed an arrest to Chief Technology Officer’s Yusuf Acar moments ago.

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LALATE can report that Yusuf Acar is head of IT Technology in the Washington DC city government’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

Acar is said to be a private contractor.

WTOP is reporting his arrest is on federal bribery charges. Also arrested are reportedly Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation (AITC) President and CEO Sushil Bansal.

Acar is 40 and in custody at time of report after FBI agents raided his home in Northwest D.C. and took him Thursday morning.

Says reports:

In 2008, Bansal’s firm received .Net Development Support and Peoplesoft Consulting Support contracts from the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Office totaling $350,000.

AITC has also received contracts from the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles. In 2008, Bansal received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Association of Indians in America, according to AITC’s Web site.

FBI agents confirm a “continuing ongoing criminal investigation”.