Verdict Against Baltimore Man Upheld

Contact Person: John Potterfield (803) 929-3000

Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a guilty verdict against Charles Brown, of Baltimore, Maryland was upheld.

Evidence presented at the trial established that the Department of Veteran's Affairs invited bids on a contract which was set aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. The defendant, Charles Brown, bid on the contract, asserting that Executive Medical Transport, LLC, a Columbia based company qualified as disabled veteran owned. The evidence produced at trial further established that although a disabled veteran was listed as an owner of the company, that veteran rarely visited the company and did not exercise control over the operations of the company.

On February 11, 2015, Brown was convicted of seven counts of Wire Fraud.  Brown moved to have those verdicts set aside.  Today, that motion was denied and the verdicts of the jury upheld.

The case was investigated by agents of the Department of Veteran's Affairs Office of Inspector General.  Assistant United States Attorney John C. Potterfield of the Columbia office prosecuted the case.        

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