Sams is the owner of Sams Contracting Consulting and Training LLC. The indictment alleges that he used his business to market a service to historically underutilized business zone companies.
The indictment alleges that Sams and Rodriguez had close friends and family serve as fake employees. Those fake employees — the codefendants in this case — were placed on a HUBZone company’s payroll and would pay a kickback to Sams and/or Rodriguez of about 20% of each payroll deposit they received. The indictment alleges that Sams provided the fake employees with personal identifying information like a driver’s license and social security card and set up email addresses for them that Sams had control over.Copyright 2023 by KSAT - All rights reserved.Julie Moreno has worked in local television news for more than 25 years. She came to KSAT as a news producer in 2000. After producing thousands of newscasts, she transitioned to the digital team in 2015.