by Andrew Murray | November 13th, 2019
On October 17, 2019, the Department of Justice announced entry of the plea. Robert Lazur of Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to the single count. The Press Release states:
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In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Lazur was employed as a Logistics Coordinator for a subcontractor who was performing work at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin, PA. The contract was funded by the United States Department of Energy. During his employment, Lazur used company credit cards and open purchase orders to make several hundred personal purchases. He then sold the majority of the items on eBay to convert the items to cash. Other items, however, he kept for his own personal use or gifted to his friends. The total loss was approximately $250,000.
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