Former CISA employee pleads guilty to defrauding government with secret contractor jobs
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ByDavid DiMolfetta,
Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW
September 3, 2026 12:46 PM ET
Prosecutors say Richeline Fung secretly held contractor jobs tied to six agencies and claimed up to 33-hour workdays while working full time for the federal cyber agency.
A former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency employee pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding the government of nearly $250,000 by secretly holding multiple federal contracting jobs and submitting timesheets that sometimes claimed she worked 33 hours in a single day.
Richeline Anisso Fung pleaded guilty to a federal false claims charge, the Justice Department announced.
She worked full time at CISA from September 2016 until October 2025. Between January 2021 and August 2024, she simultaneously held contracting positions supporting the Drug Enforcement Administration and the departments of Energy, Justice, Transportation and Agriculture, as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Some of that work was...
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