A man who defrauded a Eunice pipeline company out of more than $2.8 million was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for wire fraud, according to news release from U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook.
Richard Walter Borek Jr., 43, of Duson, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote on one count of wire fraud. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $2,858,975 restitution.
According to the Aug. 9, 2017, guilty plea, Borek worked as the information technology (IT) manger for a Eunice pipe- line company from 2012 to 2016. He conducted a scheme where he bought cell phones and electronic tablets using company funds. He then sold them online to another company and kept the money for his own personal use. He also sold web hosting services and computer equipment to the pipe- line company through his own company called Statix, even though the web hosting services were being provided by another company and the comput- er equipment was never delivered to the pipeline company’s office.
The Eunice company was not named in the news release.
The loss from the scheme included unauthorized electronics pur- chases, fraudulent charg- es from Statix and costs of the investigation total $2,858,975.
The FBI conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Ayo prosecuted the case.