A former electronics technician at the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office and his sister were charged July 2 with conspiring to defraud the United States to win $350,000 in low-bid contracts to provide the agency with electronic equipment, according to federal prosecutors.
Jeffrey Spencer, 51, of Canyon Country, and Christy Evereklian, 43, of Temecula, agreed to plead guilty to the felony offense, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
The two are expected to enter their pleas in the next few weeks in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported.
According to their plea agreements, the brother and sister conspired to defraud the United States from August 2015 to August 2020 by impeding the solicitation of competitive bids for electronic equipment through deceitful and dishonest means, prosecutors said….