VA Employee Pleads Guilty to $1.9M Medical Equipment Theft

ATLANTA – Kevin Rumph, Jr., a former purchasing agent for the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, has pleaded guilty to stealing medical equipment worth $1.9 million.

Rumph, 41, of Fairburn, Georgia, used his government-issued purchase card to make hundreds of unauthorized purchases of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) equipment, which he then stole and sold to a vendor in Ohio.

The theft occurred between 2013 and 2021, with Rumph making unauthorized purchases of CPAP supplies costing the VA in excess of $1.9 million.

As a VA employee, Rumph’s job was to serve those who served and protected our nation, but his greed was a betrayal of trust that deprived veterans of the scarce resources needed by them to live productive lives, said Acting U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine.

The defendant’s deceitful actions breached the public trust, undermined the integrity of VA’s healthcare operations, and tarnished the important work that honest VA employees do every day in support of our nation’s veterans, said David Spilker, Special Agent in Charge at the VA OIG.

Rumph’s sentencing is scheduled for November 17, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., before U.S. District Judge Michael L. Brown. The case is being investigated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Huber is prosecuting the case.

The VA OIG thanks the VA medical center for referring this matter and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for its partnership in holding the defendant accountable for his unlawful conduct.

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