Ex-County Official Gets 4 Years In Prison For Stealing $6.7M
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A former county official from a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to four years in prison for embezzling more than $6.7 million in government funds.
Peter Bang, who was the chief operating officer of Montgomery County's economic development department, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis.
The judge didn't immediately rule on any restitution or forfeiture owed by Bang, a 59-year-old resident of Germantown.
Bang pleaded guilty in November to both federal and state criminal charges. He faces a March 7 sentencing hearing for the state convictions.
Prosecutors say he used most of the stolen money to feed a gambling addiction. U.S. Attorney Robert Hur said in a statement that the embezzled money could have been used for schools, libraries and other county expenditures.
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