The KoB sends in word on the sentencing for these two lovely fellas.<\/p>\n
Two former government employees were sentenced on Thursday to a few years in prison after they pleaded guilty to selling sensitive military equipment stolen from Camp Mabry, some of which was recovered.<\/p>\n
Joseph Mora, a 36-year-old who worked as a program analyst for the U.S. Property and Fiscal Office, was sentenced to three years. Cristal Avila, a 27-year-old who worked for the Texas Army National Guard, was sentenced to two years.<\/p>\n
They also were ordered to pay $2.4 million in restitution for equipment that was not recovered, said Daryl Fields, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Investigators analyzed Mora’s financial records and found that he made more than $563,000 from the scheme and Avila made more than $34,000, officials said.<\/p>\n
From 2016 to 2019, Mora and Avila stole large quantities of government property, including scopes, infrared laser aiming devices and thermal night vision goggles, that were worth an estimated $2.4 million, according to court records. Mora and Avila later sold the stolen goods on eBay and elsewhere.<\/p>\n
“These schemes could potentially provide an opportunity for foreign adversaries to obtain sensitive U.S. equipment,” said agent Shane Folden with Homeland Security Investigations.<\/p>\n
Mora and Avila each pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government property in August.<\/p>\n
Mora began working in 2013 at a warehouse at Camp Mabry, a National Guard installation in West Austin, where he was responsible for receiving and storing military equipment, court records say.<\/p>\n
Mora began stealing items from the warehouse in December 2016, a court plea agreement says. Avila would then falsify or withhold data from the property tracking logs she was responsible for maintaining.<\/p>\n
Mora compensated Avila once an item sold online, records say.<\/p>\n
Federal agents searched the homes of Mora and Avila in 2019 and found a pallet of night vision goggles, tripods, satellite phones, firearm scopes, radios and heavy-duty cases containing aiming lights at Mora’s home, officials said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
They steal $2.4M worth of equipment and they can only get $600k for it. What is the world of black market military equipment coming to?<\/p>\n
Source; MSN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"