Former Polk County School Board Administrator and Executive Vice President of M.M. Parrish Construction Co. Indicted for Conspiracy to Commit Bribery and Bribery

"TAMPA—United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the unsealing of a grand jury indictment charging Robert L. Williams, 67, of Winter Haven, Florida; Lloyd Whann, 50, of Newberry, Florida; and M.M. Parrish Construction Co. of Gainesville, Florida with conspiracy to commit bribery and substantive bribery offenses. If convicted, Williams and Whann face a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in federal prison as to each bribery count and up to five years on the conspiracy charge. Williams and Whann also face a fine of up to $250,000 on each count of conviction, and . M.M. Parrish Construction Co. may be fined up to $500,000 on each count of conviction. The fine on each count may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victims of the crime, if either of those amounts is greater than the statutory maximum fine."

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