A former inspector for the Union City Community Development Agency was sentenced on October 26 to more than a year and a half in prison for conspiring with agency contractors to rig the bidding process for federally funded projects.
According to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office, Johnny Garces, 53, previously admitted in March 2015 that he submitted phony bids, purportedly from the contractors’ competitors, which were higher than those submitted by the contractors.
Prosecutors say Garces, of Union City, also fabricated high bids from fictitious companies as part of the scheme to ensure his co-conspirators received the contracts and that the scheme resulted in the loss of approximately $307,000 in US Housing and Urban Development funds administered by the agency.
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