U.S. contractor pleads guilty in Postal Service kickback scheme
Federal prosecutors are advancing a procurement fraud case tied to repair work at dozens of U.S. Postal Service facilities across the U.S. Northwest. The guilty plea centers on more than $465,000 in kickbacks that prosecutors say were built into inflated contract estimates and invoices between May 2022 and February 2024.
Highlights
- Ilya Zagaryuk pleaded guilty to conspiracy for paying over $465,000 in kickbacks tied to U.S. Postal Service repair contracts from May 2022 to February 2024.
- Zagaryuk's company received repair work for dozens of Postal Service sites in Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Washington by steering contracts using illegal payments.
- Prosecutors detailed that kickbacks were concealed through intentionally inflated estimates and invoices, with funds not linked to actual repair costs.
Court filings detail inflated repair contracts
As reported by the U.S. Department of Justice, Ilya Zagaryuk, 40, of Damascus, Oregon, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, specifically a conspiracy to pay kickbacks linked to U.S. Postal Service facilities repair contracts.Zagaryuk owned a company that contracted and subcontracted on repair work for dozens of U.S. Postal Service sites in Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Washington. Court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento say that from May 2022 to February 2024, he paid a co-conspirator, an employee of a prime contractor on Postal Service projects, more than $465,000 to steer additional work to his company.
Prosecutors say the co-conspirators intentionally inflated contracting documents, including estimates and invoices, to include funds for the kickbacks that were not tied to legitimate repair costs. Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. said collusion that harms the U.S. Postal Service and taxpayers will not be tolerated, while Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Daniel W. Glad said the scheme repeatedly undermined honest contracting and invoicing.
In our earlier article, we covered the Ontario court case over shoreline work along the Sturgeon River that led to fines and court-ordered payments after damage to endangered Lake Sturgeon habitat and unauthorized activity in a conservation reserve. The penalties targeted The West Nipissing Company Inc., Deep Construction 2018 Inc., and Timothy Zaba, underscoring how regulatory breaches on project sites can translate into significant financial and operational consequences.
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