August 30, 2008
Sixth man convicted in corruption probe
Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler says a Lutherville man is the sixth person convicted in a corruption investigation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Gansler said yesterday that Christopher Keehner, the president of Baltimore-based DS Pipe & Supply Co., pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to conspiracy charges.
Keehner overbilled the university by $24,000 for a construction project. Then he, a UMBC construction manager and another contractor kept the surplus.
Keehner's sentencing is scheduled Sept. 17. The other five convicted in the scheme haven't been sentenced.
Gansler's office says the four-year-long scheme cost UMBC $137,000. A UMBC spokeswoman said last night that the matter had been referred to the attorney general's office after suspected corruption had been uncovered through an audit.
Associated Press
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