The VA and FEMA agreed to pay a first-time vendor in a desperate search for protective equipment. Now Robert Stewart admits he defrauded three federal agencies and lied about being in the Marine Corps.
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Here’s a look at some of the stories we’ll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia.
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The Botetourt County School Board will hold a work session today. It will discuss the budget for the next fiscal year which starts on July 1st.
The Virginia Department of Health holds a second dose clinic today in Danville. Those who received their first shots on January 29th at the Danville Community Market will receive their second shots today. This clinic is by appointment only.
SEABROOK – A local businessman who pleaded guilty to being a part of a nationwide conspiracy to distribute illegal synthetic cannabinoids, known on the street as fake weed or spice, will not be getting home detention as requested.
U.S. District Court of Eastern Virginia Judge Rossie Alston, Jr. denied William Walsh’s request for release and home detention due to rising cases of COVID-19 at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center.
Walsh pleaded guilty Jan. 28 to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in a plea agreement with prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Eastern Virginia, which handled the case. He awaits sentencing for the conviction, a period of time expected to be from eight to 10 years, but less than the maximum of 20 years.
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email Contractor Who Was Awarded $34.5 Million in Government Money and Provided Zero Masks Pleads Guilty to Fraud
The VA and FEMA agreed to pay a first-time vendor in a desperate search for protective equipment. Now Robert Stewart admits he defrauded three federal agencies and lied about being in the Marine Corps.
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An amateur mask broker who was awarded more than $38 million in federal contracts to provide N95 masks has pleaded guilty to defrauding three different federal agencies as part of a scheme to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Robert Stewart Jr., 35, pleaded guilty to three counts of making false statements, wire fraud and theft of government funds Wednesday in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia, including charges that he lied to the Department of Veterans Affairs in April in order to win a $34.5 million no-bid deal to supply personal protective equipment to nurses and doctors in