WASHINGTON ( CNN ) -- A retired U.S. Army colonel pleaded guilty Tuesday to awarding contracts in Iraq to a Kuwait-based firm in exchange for gifts . Levonda Selph of Virginia admitted accepting $ 4,000 in cash and a $ 5,000 vacation to Thailand from the unidentified contractor , which was awarded $ 12 million in contracts to operate Defense Department warehouses in Iraq . She pleaded guilty to charges of bribery and conspiracy . She was secretly indicted on those charges in October ; the charges were n't disclosed until her court appearance Tuesday . Under terms of a plea agreement , Selph could receive up to 33 months in jail . She promised to repay the government $ 9,000 and to cooperate in an ongoing investigation . Prosecutors said Selph was a lieutenant colonel at Camp Victory in Iraq in 2004 and 2005 when she led a committee that awarded the warehouse contracts . The Justice Department said she will be free until her sentencing October 14 but will not be allowed to leave the country .
Former U.S. Army colonel pleads guilty to bribery and conspiracy . Levonda Selph admits accepting cash , vacation from contractor . Prosecutors : In exchange for gifts , Selph steered contracts to firm . Contracts let company operate Defense Department warehouses in Iraq .