Overview

• Alan Jones pleaded guilty in January to mail fraud for submitting false reimbursement claims to IDEM’s Excess Liability Trust Fund between February 2018 and October 2019.
• Court filings show he inflated costs on multiple cleanup jobs, including billing an extra $45,000 after a contractor died in September 2018.
• U.S. District Judge James T. Moody sentenced Jones to 12 months of probation with six months on house arrest.
• Jones must pay $123,523 in restitution to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for funds wrongfully obtained through the scheme.
• The case, investigated by the EPA and IDEM and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, underscores efforts to protect public funds for underground storage tank remediation.