A former Senate office manager was sentenced to 20 months in prison for wire fraud and theft of government property in Washington, D.C.
Ngozi Pole, of Waldorf, Md., was found guilty at trial on February 1, 2011 of five counts of wire fraud and one count of theft of government property.
Pole repeatedly submitted paperwork causing the Senate to pay him larger bonus payments than had been approved by either the chief of staff or former U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
According to the evidence presented at trial, these unauthorized bonus payments totaled more than $75,000.
Pole hid the existence of these unauthorized payments by repeatedly transmitting information to the chief of staff that falsely showed that he received only those payments that had been authorized.
Ngozi Pole was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in the District of Columbia to serve three years of supervised release and 500 hours of community service following his prison term and ordered to pay $77,608.86 in restitution.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, with the cooperation of former Senator Kennedy’s office.
Former Senator Kennedy’s office cooperated fully with the investigation. Trial Attorney Tracee Plowell of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section handled the sentencing.
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- John C. Beale, Theft of Government Property, District of Columbia 2013 · District of Columbia
- Sno H. Rush, Theft of Government Funds, Washington 2010 · District of Columbia
- Jim C Beck, Wire Fraud Mail Fraud Money Laundering, Georgia 2019 · District of Columbia
- Levita Almuete Ferrer, Wire Fraud Conspiracy, District of Columbia 2025 · Florida
Key Facts
- State: Washington
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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