Seattle ? During two tours of duty in Iraq, an Army officer from Western Washington allegedly accepted about $40,000 in bribes to steer government business to contractors, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Wash.

Capt. Cedar Lanmon allegedly accepted cash, handmade furniture and decorative rugs from contractors, including an Albanian – owner of Just in Time Contracting – who paid $25,000 for a recommendation that helped secure a $250,000 berm-construction job at Balad Air Base north of Baghdad.

Army special agents investigated the allegations in cooperation with the FBI. On Friday, the Western Washington U.S. Attorney’s Office filed the one-count complaint that accuses Lanmon of conspiracy to accept a bribe, money laundering of bribery proceeds and illegally importing an antiquity, a piece of ancient pottery from the city of Ur.

The complaint also accuses Lanmon of loaning an 18-year-old Iraqi $500, then helping ensure the young man got contracts that allowed him to pay back $1,000. Lanmon told investigators he believed he made an additional $10,000 during his first deployment by providing other short-term loans to Iraqis, according to the complaint.