Leesburg Man Sentenced for Role in $33M Procurement Scam
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – In a shocking case of corruption, Anthony R. Bilby, 40, of Leesburg, Va., was sentenced today to 16 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and major government fraud.
Bilby, a former employee of two service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, pleaded guilty on December 2, 2013, to his role in a procurement fraud scheme that affected over $33 million in federal contracts.
According to court documents, from April 2007 through November 2012, Bilby participated in a conspiracy to obtain government contracts through fraud and misrepresentation. He caused employees at a nominal competitor to submit inflated bids on the same procurements for which Bilby submitted bids on behalf of his employers.
Bilby also gained improper access to the procurement process through co-conspirators working within the government. These co-conspirators provided Bilby and others with internal government cost estimates, so that Bilby knew how much the government was willing to pay before he drafted his and his competitor’s bids.
One of Bilby’s employers, with Bilby’s knowledge and assent, agreed to pay ten percent of its profits on a contract worth more than $24 million to co-conspirators within the government. These co-conspirators, in turn, provided Bilby and his employer with improper access to documents and a competitive advantage in obtaining the contract.
Bilby was ordered to forfeit $1,065,103.90, representing his personal proceeds from the conspiracy. The case was investigated by the Offices of the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security, the General Services Administration, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, with assistance from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Chief Security Officer, Cyber Forensic Branch.
Assistant United States Attorney Kosta S. Stojilkovic is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States. A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae.
Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov or on https://pcl.uscourts.gov.
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Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: White Collar Crime|Procurement Fraud
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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