PG&E Worker Gets Prison Time for $82.1 Million Fraud Conspiracy

A former PG&E employee was sentenced to 22 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.4 million in restitution after pleading guilty in connection with an $82.1 million scheme to steer contracts from the utility provider to his cousin’s company.

Ronald S. Schoenfeld was accused of receiving more than $1.4 million in kickbacks in exchange for referrals from Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to the Northern California transportation company his cousin owned. Schoenfeld, who allegedly concealed the relationship with his cousin, pleaded guilty in August 2020 to one count of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and ...