Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 7:29 pm Eastern Time

2 Former Officials of Rockville Firm Plead Guity to Conspiracy

By Maria Glod
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 13, 2010; 5:10 PM

Two former officials of Rockville-based Viable Communications, which provides telecommunications services for deaf people, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to defraud the federal government of more than $2.5 million, federal officials said.

Anthony Mowl, 25, the company’s former assistant vice president of business development, and Donald Tropp, 25, the former human resources manager, each pleaded guilty in federal court in New Jersey to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Company President John T.C. Yeh, who is well known in the Washington area deaf community, also is charged in connection with the scam. He is awaiting trial on charges of conspiracy to defraud the federal government and counts of submitting false claims and mail fraud…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/13/AR2010011303584.html