The Brief
- A former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supervisor pleaded guilty to theft of government funds after stealing more than $190,000 using fake invoices.
- Federal investigators discovered the worker used her high purchasing power at the Atlanta area agency to bypass security rules over an 18-month timeframe.
- The woman faces up to 10 years in federal prison and is scheduled to be sentenced this September.
ATLANTA – A former supervisor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $190,000 from the agency by using her position to create fraudulent invoices, federal prosecutors announced.
Gwendolyn Brandon, 43, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to theft of government funds. The investigation revealed that Brandon used her insider knowledge of the CDC’s payment systems to orchestrate the scheme over an 18-month period.
Federal court billing fraud
What we know:
Brandon embezzled the funds between August 2023 and February 2025 while working as a supervisor at the CDC.…