KNOXVILLE – A former Tennessee Valley Authority project manager has pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the federal conflict of interest law.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Knoxville said in a statement that while working as a TVA technical services project manager, 60-year-old Dennis S. Painter approved invoices for a company that had received loans from him.
Painter’s attorney, Travis Hawkins, could not be reached by telephone for comment Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Phillips set a June 17 sentencing.
Each count carries a maximum possible penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.