OTHER NEWS - July 30, 1996

Infotec Agrees to Settlement: The company and its chief executive agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle civil charges that the company overcharged the government on a computer supply contract, federal officials said. Infotec Development Corp., a computer supply company with offices in Santa Ana and Wakefield, Mass., was accused by federal authorities of overcharging the government for labor and shipping costs and for making other misrepresentations in violation of the False Claims Act. Neither Infotec’s chief executive, Fernando Niebla, nor any other company executive could be reached for comment. The charges stemmed from the company’s sale of more than $400 million in computer equipment and services to a number of federal agencies. Under the settlement, Infotec will pay $800,000 and Niebla will pay $500,000, government officials said.