NORFOLK, Va., April 7 (UPI) -- A Navy supply chief in Norfolk, Va., has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges he used a government account to spend $350,000 on merchandise for himself.
Chief Petty Officer Antonio Allen, who is stationed at Norfolk Naval Station, will be sentenced Oct. 23 on one count of making false statements, the (Newport News, Va.) Daily Press reported Tuesday.
The newspaper noted that Yokeia Gibbs, who worked under Allen, is serving a two-year prison term after pleading guilty to her role in the fraud.
Peter Carr, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Norfolk, said that in March 2007, Navy investigators uncovered "a massive fraud scheme" in which Gibbs used a government credit card to buy $363,253 worth of "high-value electronics such as computers and televisions" which were then either given to people or sold for profit.
