Former VA official gets prison, must pay $390K

Associated Press

CLEVELAND

A former director of two Veterans Affairs medical centers in Ohio who provided confidential information to companies seeking work with the VA was sentenced to more than 41/2 years in prison Friday and ordered to pay $390,000 in restitution.

Attorneys for William Montague, 64, had asked a federal judge in Akron to sentence him to just over four years. Instead, he was given 57 months.

The Brecksville man had pleaded guilty to 64 corruption-related counts in September 2014 and agreed to cooperate with the government. Messages seeking comment were left with Montague’s attorneys.