Port Charlotte CEO sentenced to federal prison for defrauding NASA

Steven Lukens, the former CEO of Gulf Atlantic International Supply LLC, has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to submitting falsified documentation to NASA

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, that documentation includes fraudulent certificates of compliance, fraudulent pressure testing certificates and fraudulent test reports for parts associated with agency’s launch program.

In addition to the prison time, U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza ordered the 54-year-old Port Charlotte resident to pay nearly $1 million — $689,280.03 in restitution and to forfeit $271,024.35.