Bidder Pleads Guilty to Rigging Bids at Online Auctions for Surplus Government Equipment Details Written by IVN
Washington, DC - A Missouri man pleaded guilty Wednesday to rigging online bids submitted to the General Services Administration (GSA).
According to court documents, Alan Gaines pleaded guilty to the one-count indictment filed in the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on Jan. 30, 2020. According to the indictment, Gaines conspired with others to rig bids at online public auctions of surplus government equipment conducted by the GSA from about July 2012 until as late as May 2018. Gaines is the third individual charged and the third individual to plead guilty in the investigation.