HUD OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL: CHARGES AND PLEAS

摘要

LaFonda Lewis, 57, of Lusby, MD, pled guilty in January to violating the Procurement Integrity Act. She is required to pay a forfeiture money judgment of $23,055-the value of the gifts and benefits she received. Following her prison term of a year and a day, she will be placed on two years of supervised release. A former supervisory contract oversight specialist with HUD, Lewis' charge involved her dealings with Charles Thomas, the owner and president of a company in Maryland that provided technology services to agencies of the federal government and educational services to public school children in the D.C. area. According to court documents, between 2012 and 2015, Lewis provided Thomas with non-public information about pending HUD contracts in exchange for Thomas providing her with money, tickets to sporting events, designer handbags, and other items. The information that she provided had not been disclosed publicly and gave Thomas' company an unfair advantage in competing for contracts.