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Ex-Official Pleads Guilty to $200,000 Kickback Scheme
Lexington, KY – Timothy M. Longmeyer, the former Secretary of the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet, has admitted to soliciting and accepting over $200,000 in kickbacks from a private consultant during his tenure.
Longmeyer, 48, pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell. According to the plea agreement, Longmeyer solicited and agreed to accept $212,500 in exchange for assistance in securing multi-million dollar contracts for the consultant.
The scheme involved Longmeyer’s role as Secretary overseeing the Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan, where he used his position to persuade insurance companies to hire the consultant for focus groups and telephone surveys. In return, Longmeyer accepted recurring payments from the consultant, including cash and straw contributions.
Longmeyer received $197,500 in cash and $6,000 in straw campaign contributions to various political campaigns, totaling $203,500. The payments were made in installments, with the consultant using proceeds from contracts with insurance companies to make the payments.
According to court documents, Longmeyer agreed to accept $90,000 from the consultant in November 2014 and $100,000 in December 2014. The consultant later made a series of payments to Longmeyer between November 2014 and June 2015, totaling $175,000 in cash and $6,000 in straw contributions.
In addition, Longmeyer agreed to accept approximately $22,500 from the consultant in September 2015. The consultant used the proceeds from a contract with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to make two cash payments to Longmeyer, totaling $22,500.
Longmeyer is scheduled to be sentenced on August 18, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. The sentence will be determined by the Court after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and applicable federal statutes. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew T. Boone and Kathryn M. Anderson on behalf of the federal government, with assistance from Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Howard Marshall, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Key Facts
- State: Kentucky
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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