Former NASA Official Bound for W. Va. Prison, Space News “Stadd, 55, of Bethesda, Md., was convicted in federal court last August and sentenced in November for conspiring with Liam Sarsfield, then NASA’s deputy engineer of programs, to steer money to his consulting firm and submitting false invoices. Sarsfield was separately convicted on a conflict of interest charge and sentenced last September to three years probation.”

“Full docket text: Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Halil S. Ozerden: Sentencing held on 9/27/2010, for Liam Sarsfield. Court sustained in part and overruled in part Defendant’s objections to PSR. Remaining objections to PSR rendered moot based upon agreement of the parties. Court granted Government’s 5K1.1 Motion for Downward Departure. Count 1: Defendant sentenced to 3 years probation; $5,000.00 fine; restitution of $87,752.55 to NASA; and $100 special […]

Former NASA chief of staff pleads guilty to conspiracy charge, Government Executive “Courtney Stadd of Bethesda, Md., pleaded guilty on Aug. 18 to one count of conspiracy in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced on Nov. 18. … Former deputy chief engineer [Liam] Sarsfield, who was paid more than $87,000 […]

Ex-NASA chief of staff pleads guilty to conspiracy in steering contract to US university “Courtney Stadd, NASA’s chief of staff and White House liaison from 2001 to 2003, pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge in a nine-count indictment in federal court in Gulfport, Mississippi, said Sheila Wilbanks, a U.S. attorney’s office spokeswoman. … Prosecutors say Stadd conspired with Liam Sarsfield, NASA’s former chief deputy engineer in Washington. … Sarsfield controlled […]