United States v. Shawn Hughes

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS. •

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.

WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:

Shawn Hughes’s managers at Black-hawk, Inc., a government contractor for security guard services, told her to certify *1008that Blackhawk guards had received training that they had not in fact received, thereby enabling Blackhawk to charge more for each guard’s services. Relying primarily on false training records from DB Training Services, Hughes complied. On October 29, 2009 she pleaded guilty to making false statements to government authorities, in…