A jury has found Doug Evans, Jim Bailey and Cincinnati landscaping company Evans Landscaping, guilty of conspiracy and wire fraud. Evans, the owner of Evans Landscaping, and Bailey, the Vice President, were found guilty on a total of six counts, including two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of wire fraud and one count of misprision of a felony.Evans pleaded not guilty to all charges last month in federal court. Three years ago, the FBI raided the company. Prosecutors said the evidence they discovered could send Evans and some of his employees to jail for a very long time.According to the allegations against Evans, the company created a business with an African-American IT man as the figurehead so the company could get minority enterprise business contracts, totaling $1.9 million of city money. Each count holds a punishment of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

A jury has found Doug Evans, Jim Bailey and Cincinnati landscaping company Evans Landscaping, guilty of conspiracy and wire fraud.

Evans, the owner of Evans Landscaping, and Bailey, the Vice President, were found guilty on a total of six counts, including two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of wire fraud and one count of misprision of a felony.

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Evans pleaded not guilty to all charges last month in federal court.

Three years ago, the FBI raided the company. Prosecutors said the evidence they discovered could send Evans and some of his employees to jail for a very long time.

According to the allegations against Evans, the company created a business with an African-American IT man as the figurehead so the company could get minority enterprise business contracts, totaling $1.9 million of city money.

Each count holds a punishment of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.