SCG International Risk
SCG International was founded in 1996 to provide government and private sectors with domestic and international security, logistics and training services. After SCG and its former CEO Jamie Smith lost a $9.5 million lawsuit, the Virginian-Pilot reported that SCG was apparently defunct and that Jamie Smith had left the United States.[1] In August 2012, the US Air Force debarred the company for a period of three years from any federal assistance. [2]
History
SCG International was established as the Delta Training Center (DTC) in 1996, and has operated as SCG International since 2002. Since its founding in 1996, SCG has been operated under the direction of experienced former United States government intelligence officers and military personnel. SCG personnel have worked with more than 1,200 clients (including nine Fortune 500 companies) in over 14 countries. SCG International provides training and security services to governments, law enforcement and military units, and to private and corporate entities. It was one of several private security firms employed following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.
SCG was one of over 60 private security firms employed during the Iraq War and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to guard officials and installations, train Iraq's and Afghanistan's new army and police, and provide other support for coalition forces. Other executives within the firm came from US Army Special Forces, US Navy SEALs and the USMC. The company was bought out by a private party, closed its headquarters in 2012, moved all corporate operations to Abu Dhabi, and is engaged in anti-piracy, foreign military training operations, security and intelligence support contracts.
Jamie Smith
Jamie Smith founded SCG in 2002 after allegedly being dismissed from Blackwater Security Consulting, and ultimately departed from them in 2010. He claims to have been involved with founding Blackwater Security Consulting and acted as a Vice President His claims are disputed by former Blackwater founders and executives such as Gary Jackson and Erik Prince who describe Smith as a low-level administrator who worked for 30 days overseas before being fired for "nonperformance." Additionally, Smith's claims of military service and educational credentials have also been called into question by former associates. [3] After departing from Blackwater, Smith allegedly defrauded Craig Sanford and his wife Mary Jo of $12.5 million to form SCG. Sanford took legal action citing that the money that Sanford had loaned to Smith was never returned, and lost.[4]
He was known for his eccentricity and apparently exaggerated claims about his military and private military contracting service record. In 2009, Smith was portrayed himself as a former Navy SEAL in a publicity event where he rappelled into a Virginia Beach church.[5] He also had claimed to have a background as a CIA officer in publications for SCG.[6]
See also
References
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External links
- SCG International website[dead link]
- National Public Radio broadcast of Marketplace. Subject: Recruiting soldiers for private security work worldwide describing SCG's recruiting and hiring practices in Iraq and Afghanistan by Steve Henn (April 13, 2004)[dead link]
- Article describing the company's role in the Iraq and Afghanistan war[dead link]
- Robert Young Pelton's World: Traveling Right about SCG's training courses for those traveling to war zones
- Outside Magazine article detailing CEO Jamie Smith's life following the Court Case, October 2014
