From the Tribune:

Owner of Elgin consulting firm indicted for allegedly overcharging IDOT
Bookkeeper was told to falsify time sheets, prosecutors say
By Mary Owen | Tribune reporter
11:45 PM CDT, April 21, 2008
The owner of an Elgin-based engineering consulting firm was indicted Monday for allegedly bilking more than $1 million from the Illinois Department of Transportation by falsifying time sheets and other records.
Kamleshwar Gupta, 63, who owns KAM Engineering Inc., was accused of overcharging IDOT from 1994 to 2003.
Gupta was charged with four counts of mail fraud.
Gupta directed a bookkeeper, one of the company's 30 employees, to falsify employee time sheets and other financial documents, the indictment charged. He then allegedly signed the fraudulent invoices.
Employees at Gupta's firm were required to fill out time sheets in pencil, rather than ink, so that the bookkeepers could easily alter the records, the charges alleged.
IDOT uncovered the alleged fraud during a routine audit within the last year, said spokeswoman Marisa Kollias. Gupta's company has reimbursed the state for all of the overcharges, she said.
"We're very aggressive in policing these type of matters," she said. "We brought it to the attention of U.S. attorneys."
When reached at his business office, Gupta of Barrington declined to comment. He referred questions to his lawyer, George Pappas, who did not return a telephone call.
The bookkeeper has not been charged, said Christina Egan, the federal prosecutor handling the case.
Gupta's firm worked with IDOT on at least four projects.
Gupta is scheduled to be arraigned April 30.