A prosecution alleging bribery for contracts at the Naval Information Warfare Center continued to expand with a new indictment accusing a defense contractor of showering a former civilian employee with gifts.

Cask Technologies, LLC and former company executive Mark Larsen are charged with conspiracy and bribery in a grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday in San Diego federal court.

Larsen, who held various executive positions at Cask, with offices in San Diego and Virginia, is accused of providing luxury dining and golf outings to James Soriano, the figure at the center of the corruption scandal, according to the indictment.

Soriano is a former civil engineer and certified contracting officer representative who worked for the Department of Defense at the Naval Information Warfare Center, or NAVWAR, which was formerly known as the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, or SPAWAR.

Soriano, who pleaded guilty in the case in June, included admissions about his relationship with Larsen and Cask in his plea agreement, prosecutors said.

In exchange for bribes, Soriano allegedly directed non-competitive small business contracts to Cask and its affiliates and allowed Cask employees to write much of the paperwork involved in government contract work for Soriano, such as official government correspondence and performance evaluations . indictment.

Larsen and Cask Technologies were arraigned Wednesday in federal court in San Diego, and Larsen was allowed to remain out of custody on $20,000 bail, court records show.

“Mark Larsen and Cask Technologies, LLC have pleaded not guilty to all charges and allegations in the government’s indictment,” Los Angeles attorney Aaron Dyer, who represents both defendants, said in an email. “These allegations have no merit and we look forward to vigorously challenging them in court.”

The indictment is the latest in a string alleging contract fraud involving Soriano, who has admitted to accepting expensive tickets to premier sporting events and lavish meals from contractors, as well as securing jobs no work for a close friend and family member.

In September, Cambridge International Systems, a Virginia-based defense contracting firm, was sentenced in San Diego after pleading guilty to a bribery conspiracy and ordered to pay fines and forfeitures of more than 4.1 millions of dollars.

“This latest indictment is another constructive step toward accountability in this multi-year investigation,” said Bryan D. Denny, Special Agent in Charge for the Defense Department’s Office of the Inspector General, Defense Criminal Investigative Service. Western Field Office. “Mr. Larsen and Cask Technologies are accused of feeding their own greed by knowingly corrupting the procurement process of the government and some government officials at the expense of our nation’s warfighters and taxpayers.

Soriano is scheduled to be sentenced in May. Two other people who pleaded guilty to their involvement are awaiting sentencing, while others are fighting the charges.