Timothy James Nelson, Theft of Government Funds, Florida 2016

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

A Navarre man has been caught red-handed in a scheme to steal money from the government by falsifying travel expense claims.

Timothy James Nelson, 36, of Navarre, Florida, has pled guilty to theft of government funds. The guilty plea was announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida.

According to court documents, between July 1, 2015, and April 1, 2016, Nelson submitted false travel expense claims for hotel stays to steal $29,650 from the U.S. Department of State.

Nelson was working as a contractor in Jerusalem for a security company installing and repairing communication equipment in vehicles operated by employees of the U.S. Department of State at the time of the crime.

Nelson faces a maximum of 10 years in prison. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 16 at 1:00 p.m. at the United States Courthouse in Pensacola.

The case was investigated by special agents from the United States Department of State’s Office of Inspector General (DOS-OIG), led by Steve A. Linick, inspector general. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney J. Ryan Love.

For more information, contact Amy Alexander, Public Information Officer, at (850) 216-3854 or amy.alexander@usdoj.gov.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida is one of 94 offices that serve as the nation’s principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General.

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