Ex-EPA Official Gets 15 Months for Wire Fraud
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A former high-ranking official in the EPA during the Reagan administration was sentenced Monday to 15 months in federal prison for wire fraud and making false statements to the FBI.
Rita Marie Lavelle orchestrated a scheme to fraudulently obtain money from a client who had hired her San Diego County company to assist in the cleanup of a Superfund site, federal authorities said.
A jury convicted her last year.
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