Former Head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel Pleads Guilty to Criminal Contempt of Congress

U.S. Newswire › April 27, 2010

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WASHINGTON, April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The former head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), Scott J. Bloch, pleaded guilty today to criminal contempt of Congress for willfully and unlawfully withholding pertinent information from a House committee investigating his decision to have several government computers wiped, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ronald C. Machen Jr., Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Inspector General, Patrick McFarland, and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Shawn Henry.

The plea was entered before U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who scheduled sentencing for July 20, 2010. Bloch faces a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a fine of $100,000. Bloch's likely sentencing range is 0 to 6 months in jail under the federal sentencing guidelines.

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Former Head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel Pleads Guilty to Criminal Contempt of Congress

The OSC is an independent federal agency charged with safeguarding the merit-based employment system by protecting federal em...

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