PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. -- New trial dates have been set for the four men charged in a multi-million dollar bid-rigging scheme in Prince William County's Office of Information Technology.
Maneesh Gupta, Richard Billingsley, Vernon Roessler and John Roessler were set to stand trial in October, but their trials were continued.
New trial dates were set this week.
Gupta, the former OIT systems division chief, faces 50 felony charges, including charges of racketeering, money laundering, bid rigging, conspiracy to commit forgery and obtaining money by false pretenses. He is now set to stand trial beginning Aug. 9.
John Roessler, also a former county employee, and Vernon Andrew Roessler, his brother, both face the same charges as Gupta. They are both set to stand trial Sept. 13.
Billingsley, another former county employee, is charged with three felonies: one count each of racketeering, obtaining money by false pretenses and money laundering. His trial is set for May 25.
All four men are free on bonds ranging from $25,000 to $500,000.
According to police, the men were involved in a complex bid-rigging scheme over the past five years.
Police believe that the men set up shell companies and falsified bids so that contracts would be awarded to their companies.
Prosecutors believe that the scheme involved more than $8 million.
Staff writer Amanda Stewart can be reached at 703-878-8014.
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