Former Hanford Managers Settle to Avoid Charges in Time Card Scandal

Instead of formal charges, a trio of  former managers will pay over $100,000 in combined fines.

Late Wednesday U.S. District Court officials announced the three, Stephanie Hilton Livesey, Ryan Albert Dodd, and Terrence Leroy Hissong,  were accused of allowing workers to claim more hours on their time cards than they actually worked, but will avoid formal charges.

Livesey, a former supervisor, and Dodd and Hissong, former managers, allegedly allowed workers to claim full shifts when they only worked a few hours.

The alleged fraud involved at least a dozen workers, and the U.S. District Attorney for Eastern Washington, Michael C. Ormsby, said upper management at CH2MHill allowed it to continue for at least three years.  The workers, who have already or are being prosecuted, have admitted their role in the ongoing scheme.

Livesey agreed to pay a fine of $22,000,  Dodd and Hissong have already paid civil fines of $44,000.

Ormsby said the fines will serve notice to anyone considering such fraud, or assisting it, that it will be not tolerated and those who do it will be held accountable.   CH2MHILL has also agreed to pay $18.5 million in settlement fees over the case.