Former Texas Association of School Boards official pleas guilty to mail fraud
A former Texas Association of School Boards official has pleaded guilty to mail fraud charges after submitting more than a half-million dollars in claims from a dummy company he created, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Appearing before U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks in Austin on Wednesday, Herman G. Wilks, former director of the association’s workers compensation claims administration, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of mail fraud, admitting to taking $514,400 from the association through its risk management fund between April 2008 and March 2013.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas said that he submitted fraudulent workers compensation claims on behalf of Medco Implantable Supply, a company Wilks created for the “sole purpose of carrying out his fraudulent scheme,” and did not provide any services or products for which the claims were made.
Wilks faces up to 20 years in federal prison per count. He is currently out on bail. A sentencing date has not been set.
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