On November 13, 2024, in the District of Columbia, Tremayne Matthews pled guilty to a scheme to conceal material facts in an effort to cover-up his lack of suitability for federal employment, repeatedly submitted documents containing false information to the IRS and other federal agencies.

Matthews submitted more than 200 applications for employment with the U.S. Government containing false and fraudulent statements and representations. Instead of listing accurate information, Matthews copied and pasted the work history section from a resume belonging to a former co-worker.

On the basis of these material misrepresentations in his resume, the IRS hired Matthews on December 8, 2019, as an audiovisual production specialist, earning a salary of $112,930. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued a proposed removal in October 2019, and Matthews had resigned in lieu of being terminated in November 2019. Matthews was hired by the IRS on December 8, 2019. Matthews had applied for the position on July 13, 2019, using the same fabricated resume he had used to apply to the FDA. The IRS requested the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) conduct an investigation to determine Matthews’s suitability for employment with the IRS. In Matthews’s response to OPM he provided forged affidavits and emails.

Source: The facts in this case narrative come from the following publicly available documents: D.D.C., Plea Agr. filed Nov. 13, 2024; D.D.C., Info. filed Oct. 16, 2024; and D.D.C., Stat. of Offense filed Nov. 13, 2024.