Scientist Sentenced To Three Years For Defrauding NASA, U.S. Navy, And Missile Defense Agency
/ Published Aug. 24, 2018
U.S. District Judge Birginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Akbar Fard (53, formerly of Tampa) to three years in federal prison for wire fraud. The court also ordered Fard to forfeit $1,472,082, proceeds which are traceable to of the offense.
A federal jury found him guilty on February 9, 2018.