David Laufer, Making False Statements, Maryland 2020

Greenbelt, Maryland – Formerly of Bethesda, Maryland, David Laufer, 63, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, faces federal indictment for making false statements.

A federal grand jury indicted Laufer on five counts of making false statements. The indictment was returned on December 16, 2019, and was unsealed upon his arrest on January 28, 2020.

According to the indictment, Laufer worked as the Chief of the Prosthetics and Orthotics Department at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center until May 2019.

The indictment alleges that Laufer failed to report financial benefits he received from Person B and Company B, located in Germantown, Maryland, which provided prosthetics and orthotics materials to Walter Reed in return for payments from the government.

Laufer falsely told federal agents that he had never received money, gifts, or sporting event tickets from any vendor doing business before the Prosthetics and Orthotics Department when in fact Laufer had received financial benefits, including travel and sporting event tickets, from Person B and Company B.

David Laufer's job required him to complete annual Confidential Financial Disclosure forms, which required him to report: all sources of outside income greater than $200; any business outside the U.S. Government in which Laufer or his spouse was an employee or consultant, whether or not compensated; any agreements or arrangements concerning past, current, and future employment; and travel-related reimbursement or other gifts totaling more than $350 from any one source during the reporting period.

Laufer had his initial appearance yesterday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt and was released pending trial.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-employee-walter-reed-national-military-medical-center-facing-federal-indictment