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A former contracting official with the
Georgia Department of Defense has
been indicted for allegedly awarding
contracts in exchange for illegal
kickbacks, the U.S. Attorney’s Office
said Thursday.
Raytosha Elliott, 33, of Atlanta, is
accused of awarding numerous
contracts to vendor companies
created by her friends in exchange for 50 percent, U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian
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Yates said.
“Ms. Elliott took advantage of the trust her job afforded her to award nobid
contracts by giving them to her friends,” Yates said in an emailed statement. “The
defendants pocketed nearly $75,000 from their scheme for work that was never
completed, and denied services meant to maintain facilities supporting those who
serve this country.”
From May 2007 through April 2012, Elliott worked for the Georgia Department of
Defense, the state agency charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies
and functions of the Georgia National Guard, Yates’ office said. Elliott worked as
an engineering operations manager out of the Clay National Guard Center, located
at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta.
Projects that cost less than $5,000 did not need to go through a competitive
bidding process, allowing Elliott to award the contracts. According to investigators,
Elliott claimed the work had been done when it had not.
Instead, Elliott and another codefendant, Lakeysha Ellis, 36, of Atlanta, allegedly
split the money awarded to contracts and spent it on personal items, including
travel, meals, merchandise and liposuction for Ellis, Yates said.
The 10count indictment charges Elliott and Ellis with two counts of conspiracy and
seven counts of wire fraud, Yates’ office said. Elliott is also charged with accepting
a bribe or kickback as a public official.
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