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A former assistant Utah attorney general pleaded guilty Monday morning to making a false statement when he denied that he was working full time for both the state and the federal government.
Richard David Wyss will pay the Utah Department of Public Safety $188,548.92 in restitution as part of his plea agreement. He is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups on March 3, and could be ordered to pay additional restitution.
In charges filed earlier this month, federal prosecutors said Wyss made several misrepresentations about his employment to cover up the fact that he had a full-time state job and a full-time federal job from September 2002 to October 2007. According to a charging document, Wyss was legal counsel for the federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA) during those five years and also continued to work for the State of Utah.
Wyss was hired in 1988 as an assistant attorney general for the Utah Attorney General's Office and headed the agency's Division of Governmental Affairs before he left in September 2003. He then went to work full time as legal counsel and budget director for the state Department of Public Safety, federal prosecutors say.
They say Wyss told federal authorities that he was working only 18 to 22 hours a week at the state job; submitted time sheets falsely representing that he worked only part time for DPS; and understated his state salary to give the false impression he worked only part time at that job.
The Utah Attorney General's Office has submitted a letter saying it will not prosecute Wyss on any state charges in the case, according to defense attorney Rodney Snow.
Posted by Salt Lake City, Utah, Personal Injury Attorney, Dustin Lance
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