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Bribery Scheme

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Rockville Woman Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Drug Test Results in Bribery Scheme

Lauren Jeannette Diggs faces up to five years in prison.

A Rockville woman pleaded guilty in federal court last week to conspiring to falsify results of court-ordered drug tests in exchange for bribes and then lying about it to a federal grand jury. Lauren Jeannette Diggs, 50, pleaded guilty Jan. 31 in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt to conspiracy to seek and accept a bribe and making false statements to the grand jury, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore.  Diggs, who was arrested Oct. 23, faces up to five years in prison. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 22 in front of Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow. Her co-conspirator, Christopher Womack, 43, of Forestville, pleaded guilty to bribery on July 26 and was sentenced Monday to three …

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Rockville Woman Accused of Falsifying Drug Test Results in Bribery Scheme

Federal prosecutors: Lauren Jeannette Diggs tampered with a witness and lied to a grand jury.

  A Rockville woman was indicted Monday on charges that she falsified drug test results in exchange for bribes and later lied to a grand jury about it, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore.  Lauren Jeannette Diggs, 50, is charged with conspiracy to seek and accept a bribe, witness tampering, and making false statements to the grand jury. Federal prosecutors announced the indictment after Diggs’ arrest Tuesday. “The indictment charges that Lauren Jeannette Diggs took bribes to falsify drug tests of federal criminal defendants, then committed perjury before the grand jury investigating the allegations,” U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said in a news release.  “Providing false information to courts and grand juries undermines …

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