Raytosha Elliott, Corruption, Georgia 2023

ATLANTA — Raytosha Elliott, a former contracting official with the Georgia Department of Defense, has been indicted for allegedly awarding contracts in exchange for illegal kickbacks.

According to the indictment, from May 2007 through April 2012, Elliott worked as an Engineering Operations Manager at the Clay National Guard Center, located at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, in Marietta, Ga. In that position, Elliott worked with engineering firms to develop bid-ready construction projects, prepared bid documents, and oversaw no-bid purchase orders.

Under the rules governing the contracting process that Elliott oversaw, projects that cost less than $5,000 did not need to go through a competitive bidding process, allowing Elliott to award the contracts. She then certified that the work had been completed for those projects, and facilitated payment to the vendors who allegedly completed such projects.

In that position, Elliott awarded numerous contracts under $5,000 to vendor companies created by her friends and associates, including co-defendant Lakeysha Ellis. In return, the friends and associates paid Elliott kickbacks, equal to 50% of the value of the contracts, for steering the contracts to them.

The indictment alleges that Elliott falsely certified that work had been completed when, in fact, it had not been in order to facilitate payment to her associates.

The charges and other information presented in court allege that Elliott and her associates pocketed nearly $75,000 from their scheme for work that was never completed, and denied services meant to maintain facilities supporting those who serve this country.

Defendant: Raytosha Elliott
Criminal Charges: Corruption
City and State: Atlanta, Georgia
Exact Date: (No exact date provided)
Sentence or Outcome: (No sentence provided)

Raytosha Elliott is accused of taking advantage of the trust her job afforded her to award no-bid contracts to her friends in exchange for kickbacks.

The FBI, IRS, and Georgia Bureau of Investigation worked together to investigate the case.

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