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A former computer systems administrator for the Navy has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly 19,000 pieces of computer and office equipment.
Prosecutors say Victor Papagno stole the equipment between 1997 and August 2007 while he worked at the Naval Research Laboratory in southwest Washington. Officials say he stole items worth at least $120,000.
Most of the equipment has been recovered by criminal investigators for the Navy. Papagno admitted taking more than 100 personal computers and thousands of computer software programs.
Papagno, 40, of Hughesville, Md., pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington on Wednesday. Sentencing guidelines call for a likely sentence of a year to 18 months in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for December 22 with U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman.
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