Fil-Am convicted in Virginia for defrauding US federal government 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Roy MabasaA Filipino-American and former Virginia State delegate was sentenced Tuesday to two and a half years in prison for defrauding the United States federal government. Ron A. Villanueva, a Virginia Beach Republican who served as delegate for the 21stDistrict of Virginia from 2010 to 2018, was earlier charged for improperly helping two Virginia Beach companies secure special government contracts they were not entitled to receive. According to reports, the scheme started in May 2005 during Villanueva’s first term as a Virginia Beach City Council member through about December 2014 when he was already in the House of Delegates. Villanueva made history in 2009 when he became the first Filipino-American to serve the Virginia state government, defeating then-incumbent Democratic Delegate Bobby Mathieson in the general election.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 03, 2019 04:30 UTC