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New Haven County resident Don Richards, of Milford, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, April 12, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to Leonard Boyle, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut.
He also agreed to pay $396,966 in restitution, the US Attorney's Office reported.
Richards was a senior project manager for a mechanical contractor, and he conspired to defraud his employer and project owners by inflating change orders on some of the projects he managed from November 2014 through February 2018, Boyle said.
A co-conspirator subcontractor paid Richards and gave him gift cards and money for a golf club membership as part of the scheme, Boyle said.
Richards and the co-conspirator submitted inflated change orders to the company Richards worked for to offset the costs of the payments, according to the announcement.
The US Attorney's Office said Richards was arrested on Oct. 19, and he is currently released on bond pending his sentencing on Tuesday, July 5.
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