(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A former FBI lead electronics technician who illegally funneled at least $350,000 in government contracts to his sister’s companies has avoided prison. Instead, he and his sister both received probation and were fined $8,000 apiece.
The former FBI technician, Jeffrey Spencer, and his sister, DOJ contractor Christy Evereklian, were charged in July 2025 with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government. They had already pled guilty by the time their charges were announced.
According to their plea agreements, Spencer and Evereklian conspired from 2015 through 2020 to submit purportedly independent and competitive bids from Evereklian’s several companies for FBI contracts. In fact, Spencer and Evereklian already had decided which company would submit the lowest—and presumably winning—bid for a contract, according to the Justice Department.
Additionally, Evereklian submitted bids from her own companies to the FBI using the names of her relatives to conceal her control over bidding companies.
In the latest instance of FBI employees committing crimes with impunity, a former FBI tech was given probation and fined $8,000 for illegally funneling some $350,000 in contracts to his DOJ contractor sister. pic.twitter.com/Okh8gycuTO
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“For example, August 25, 2020, co-defendant Evereklian submitted a bid on behalf of Maximum Media 37 LLC to supply electronic equipment to the FBI for the total amount of $39,999.99. Co-defendant Evereklian signed the email bid with the name of her relative, M.E., when, in fact, as both defendant and co-defendant Evereklian knew, M.E. did not create the bid and did not submit the bid,” Spencer’s plea agreement says.
“That same day, as both defendant and co-defendant Evereklian knew and agreed, co-defendant Evereklian submitted non-competitive bids on the same electronic equipment contract on behalf of Platinum Digital Media and San Diego Repair Center. Co- defendant Evereklian used a random number generator to create those fraudulent bids.”
The illegal scheme netted the Evereklian companies at least $350,000 in FBI contracts. Despite that, they were only fined $8,000 apiece.
The DOJ never sought prison for the two. Federal prosecutors did ask for a heftier fine–$20,000 for Spencer—but a judge only issued an $8,000 fine after Spencer’s lawyers said that a larger fine would impose undue financial hardship on their client.
Ken Silva is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.
