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WASHINGTON (AP) - A former top NASA official was sentenced Friday to three years probation, six months of electronic monitoring and a $2,500 fine for steering contract money to a private client.
Courtney Stadd, of Bethesda, Md., was convicted in August of helping a consulting client — Mississippi State University — get nearly $10 million of the space agency's funds.
U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer rejected the government's suggestion of a one-year prison term. She said it was a "close call" in deciding whether Stadd's conduct was corrupt or a misunderstanding of ethics laws, but added that jury found he ignored his ethical obligations.
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