Eudora McDaniel, Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Texas 2019

A Houston woman has been ordered to prison for her role in a fake invoice scheme that defrauded the Veterans Administration of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Eudora McDaniel, 76, pleaded guilty in January 2019 to conspiring to commit wire fraud and was sentenced to the maximum 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David Hittner on yesterday in Houston, Texas.

According to court documents, McDaniel, a former prosthetics representative for the VA, conspired with a vendor to submit fake invoices for goods and services that never occurred. McDaniel used a government-issued Visa credit card to pay for the fake invoices, which she and her co-conspirator split.

As part of her sentence, McDaniel was ordered to pay $290,000 in restitution and a $100,000 fine. The government will also garnish her maximum government pension until the restitution and fines are paid.

McDaniel's co-conspirator, Angela Hunter, pleaded guilty in August 2018 and is scheduled to be sentenced on August 13, 2019.

The investigation was conducted by the VA's Office of Inspector General, and the case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Belinda Beek.

McDaniel has been in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility, which will be determined in the near future.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/former-va-employee-sentenced-max-fake-invoice-scheme