Three Bell County residents plead guilty in Temple VA fraud case
Three Bell County residents have each pleaded guilty in federal court for their roles in an alleged scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Christopher Sebek and Melissa Sebek, both of Temple, and Jeffrey Pearson, 55, of Killeen, were charged in September for their alleged roles to defraud the Temple VA of about $250,000.
Pearson — owner and operator of Whitetail Industrial Parts and Service, a Temple VA contractor — and Christopher Sebek, 55, operations supervisor in the Engineering Department at the Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Medical Center in Temple, were both charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the government and one count of theft of government property.
Pearson pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey C. Manske in a U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, in Waco. He remains free on a $25,000 appearance bond before his sentencing, which is scheduled for Jan. 29, 2019, before U.S. District Judge Alan Albright.
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(Temple Daily Telegram)
