Kentey Ramone Fielder, Wire Fraud, Defrauding Non-Profit, Washington 2021

Yakima, Washington – In a shocking case of corporate greed, Kentey Ramone Fielder, a 42-year-old Atlanta resident, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for defrauding a Yakima non-profit organization.

Fielder, who operated a company called Clean Contracting Services (CCSI), was found guilty of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for his role in a scheme that bilked millions from the government. The scheme involved Fielder posing as a government contracting official to obtain a contract with the Yakima Training Center (YTC) and then using the contract to obtain payment from a non-profit organization called Yakima Specialties.

According to court documents, Fielder obtained the YTC contract in 2015 by misrepresenting his affiliation with CCSI, which was actually disqualified from federal contracting in 2014. Fielder then contacted Yakima Specialties, a non-profit that employs individuals with disabilities to perform janitorial services at federal facilities, and posed as a government contracting official, telling them they had been awarded the YTC contract. Fielder sent Yakima Specialties a fake YTC contract and included the name and signature of a real government contracting official that he stole from a different contract.

Believing they had been awarded the contract, Yakima Specialties performed the work, but was unable to obtain payment because they did not have the real YTC contract. Fielder then billed for and received payment for the work under CCSI. The scheme was uncovered in 2020, and Fielder was indicted in the Eastern District of Washington.

Fielder was initially released from custody pending trial, but was subsequently ordered detained by the court in May 2021 for perpetrating a similar scheme in Georgia while on pretrial release. He will remain in custody until his sentence is served.

As part of his sentence, Fielder was ordered to pay restitution of $14,220.17. The case was investigated by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service and was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington.

This case highlights the importance of vigilance in preventing corporate fraud and ensuring that those who exploit the system are held accountable. The U.S. Attorney’s Office will continue to work with law enforcement partners to stop fraudulent schemes and protect the public from those who would seek to deceive and defraud them.

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