Former Slidell Guardsman Indicted on Fraud Charges

RANDY M. KILEY, SR., (63) of Slidell, a former Sergeant Major in the Louisiana Army National Guard, was charged Thursday, November 10th, with wire fraud and making false statements in furtherance of an alleged scheme to defraud the United States Department of Defense.

The press release says Kiley misrepresented his marital status to receive increased Basic Allowance for Housing and Family Separation Allowance pay.  Although Kiley and his former spouse divorced in 2005, Kiley failed to report the change in his marital status and from July 2005 through July 2014, submitted four forms requesting the allowance pay and falsely claimed that he was either married or not divorced. 

KILEY faces a possible maximum sentence of twenty years of imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and/or five years of supervised release.

U. S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. reiterated that the Indictment is merely a charge and that the guilt of the defendant must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.