BEAUMONT, Texas – A 43-year-old Baytown, Texas, man has been sentenced to
prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S.
Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
Andres
“Andy” Degollado pleaded guilty on Apr. 17, 2018 to wire fraud and was
sentenced to 15 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Marcia A.
Crone. Degollado was also ordered to pay
restitution in the amount of $70,000.
According to information presented in court, Degollado served as the
Operations Manager for Sienna Shipyards, L.L.C., an inland barge repair
facility located on the Sabine River in Orange County, Texas. Degollado was a salaried employee responsible
for coordinating the work of employees, contractors, and sub-contractors to
perform various aspects of barge repair work.
From January to November, 2014, Degollado, while working as Operations
Manager for Sienna, devised and carried out a kick-back scheme to defraud his
employer by having a contractor bill or
invoice Sienna for barge cleaning work when no such work was ever performed. According to company records, Sienna paid
fraudulent invoices totaling about $192,250.00 for work that was not
performed. As a result, Degollado
received kick-backs from the contractor.
This case was investigated by Federal Bureau of
Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Randall L. Fluke and
Christopher T. Tortorice
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