Former Employees at Kentucky Cabinet Of Health and Family Services Plead Guilty to False Statements

FRANKFORT—Two former inspectors for the Kentucky Cabinet of Health and Family Services located in Frankfort, Ky. admitted in federal court today to lying to a federal agent and submitting false documents to a federal grand jury in Lexington.

Moses Young, 49, and Sharon Harris, 59, both of Louisville, Ky., pleaded guilty to one count each of false statements.

According to court documents, Young lived rent free in a condominium in Lexington owned by another individual from July 2005, until March 2008. When the FBI conducted an investigation into whether his free rent was associated with an illegal bribe, Young helped create bogus rent receipts and provided them to a grand jury in Lexington.

Harris admitted that she lied to an FBI agent during an interview when she told the agent that the receipts were genuine and that she delivered the rent payments on several occasions to the lessee.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Robin Dangleish, Postal Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service and Elizabeth A. Fries, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, jointly made the announcement today.

The investigation was conducted by the United States Postal Inspection Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office was represented by Assistant United States Attorney Kenneth Taylor.

Sentencing hearings for the defendants are set for November 23 in U.S. District Court in Frankfort, Ky. Both Harris and Young face a maximum prison sentence of five years. However, a sentence will be imposed by the court after consideration of the United States Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of sentences.