A former Maryland resident has pleaded guilty to submitting fraudulent claims after collecting pay from multiple federal agencies and, on several occasions, claiming to work 33 hours in a single day, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
Richeline Anisso Fung, 46, of Pembroke Pines, Florida, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to making false, fictitious or fraudulent claims. Judge Sparkle Sooknanan accepted the plea and scheduled sentencing for January 20, 2027.
According to court documents described by prosecutors, Fung worked full time for the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) from September 2016 through October 2025. She lived in Maryland when she began the job before moving to Florida.
Between January 2021 and August 2024, Fung also held multiple federal contracting positions while remaining a full-time CISA employee. Those positions involved work for the Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Fung performed the work either as an employee of a contractor or as an independent contractor or consultant through RAF Pro-Consulting, LLC, a business she incorporated in Florida in 2020.
Prosecutors said Fung routinely overstated her hours on timesheets, including claims exceeding 24 hours in a single day. In February 2022, while employed by CISA and three contractors performing work for USDA, the Federal Highway Administration and DOJ, she submitted combined hours exceeding 24 in a day on 15 occasions.
She claimed to have worked 33 hours each day from February 7 through February 10, followed by 32 hours on February 11.
Fung admitted concealing the jobs from her employers and acknowledged that working remotely in all of the positions allowed her to do so, according to prosecutors. Her conduct caused nearly $250,000 in losses to the federal government. Under her plea agreement, she must pay full restitution.
The investigation involved the Offices of Inspector General for AmeriCorps, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services, along with the FBI’s Washington Field Office. Mugshots are not provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
