Former Tulsa Public Works Official Heading To Federal Prison

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TULSA, OK -- There are new developments in a corruption investigation at Tulsa's City Hall. 

Former field engineering manager at the Tulsa Public Works Department, Albert Martinez, was sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison and was ordered to make restitution to the City of Tulsa in the amount of $341,000.

To date, Martinez has forfeited assets in the amount of $217,000.

On August 28, 2009, Martinez pled guilty to charges of Bribery Conspiracy, Mail Fraud Conspiracy and Procurement Fraud. Court records show he admitted he conspired to defraud the citizens of Tulsa of his honest services and accepted bribes.

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Martinez also admitted he accepted bribes from a local construction company in return for approving inflated invoices and from several local contractors in return for favorable influence during the approval of city contracts.

Martinez is one of six people to plead guilty in the bribery scandal. Martinez is the third defendant to be sentenced to federal prison in this case.