Vanessa Roberts Avery, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced the sentencing of William Sacco, a former project manager for a Massachusetts-based mechanical contractor. Sacco, aged 49 and residing in Pelham, New Hampshire, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to three months in prison. Following his imprisonment, he will serve three years under supervised release. Additionally, Judge Dooley mandated that Sacco spend the first five months of his supervised release under home confinement and complete 50 hours of community service.
Court documents reveal that between June 2014 and December 2017, Sacco engaged in a conspiracy to defraud his employer and project owners by inflating change orders on projects he managed. The scheme involved a subcontractor co-conspirator who owned an insulation company. This individual made payments exceeding $200,000 to Sacco or for his benefit. These payments covered various personal expenses including college tuition for Sacco's children, a graduation party, a Mac laptop, airline tickets, hotel stays, and rent payments for Sacco.
The inflated change orders were submitted to offset some costs incurred by the co-conspirator's payments to Sacco. Arrested on November 22, 2021, Sacco pleaded guilty on February 14, 2022, to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Judge Dooley also ordered restitution amounting to $41,195.85 from Sacco which was fully paid before sentencing.
Currently released on a $50,000 bond, Sacco is required to report to prison by September 6.
This investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation along with the Defense Criminal Investigative Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney David T. Huang is prosecuting this case with support from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division based in New York Office.
