A former official for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Boulder City and an accountant for a private accounting firm were indicted this week on federal corruption charges.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports Fredrick Leavitt and Dustin Lewis, both of Henderson were charged with conspiracy in connection with a bribery scheme involving a government contract.
The indictment alleges that between February 2015 and February 2016, Lewis bribed and provided kickbacks to Leavitt so he would steer a Southern California Power Authority to audit a contract for an accounting company for which Lewis worked.
On Feb. 18, 2016, dozens of federal agents led by the FBI executed search warrants in the Las Vegas Valley and at the bureau’s Lower Colorado Region headquarters in Boulder City in connection with the investigation.
Leavitt and Lewis are scheduled to have their initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Koppe on Dec. 21.