Leesburg Man Sentenced On Gov't Fraud Charges
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A 40-year-old Leesburg man today was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and major government fraud.
Anthony R. Bilby also was ordered to forfeit the $1.06 million he acquired from the conspiracy, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
According to court documents, between April 2007 and November 2012, while Bilby was employed by two service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, he participated in a conspiracy to obtain government contracts through fraud and misrepresentation. In the scheme, he had employees at a competitor to submit inflated bids on the same procurements for which Bilby submitted bids on behalf of his employers. Bilby also gained access, through co-conspirators working within the government, to internal cost estimates.
According to the government’s case, one of Bilby’s employers agreed to pay 10 percent of its profits on a contract worth more than $24 million to Bilby’s co-conspirators within the government.
In total, the conduct of Bilby and others resulted in the award of more than $33 million in federal contracts through fraudulent procurement practices, according to prosecutors.
Bilby pleaded guilty to the charges in December.
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A 40-year-old Leesburg man today was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and major government fraud.
Anthony R. Bilby also was ordered to forfeit the $1.06 million he acquired from the conspiracy, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
According to court documents, between April 2007 and November 2012, while Bilby was employed by two service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, he participated in a conspiracy to obtain government contracts through fraud and misrepresentation. In the scheme, he had employees at a competitor to submit inflated bids on the same procurements for which Bilby submitted bids on behalf of his employers. Bilby also gained access, through co-conspirators working within the government, to internal cost estimates.
According to the government’s case, one of Bilby’s employers agreed to pay 10 percent of its profits on a contract worth more than $24 million to Bilby’s co-conspirators within the government.
In total, the conduct of Bilby and others resulted in the award of more than $33 million in federal contracts through fraudulent procurement practices, according to prosecutors.
Bilby pleaded guilty to the charges in December.