By CONGRESSDAILY STAFF
President Obama's new computer chief, just restored from a forced leave after an FBI raid at his old office, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft in 1996 when he was 21 years old.
White House spokesman Nick Shapiro refused to say what Vivek Kundra, now 34, stole or whether the administration knew of Kundra's guilty plea before announcing his appointment, but he dismissed the old charge against him as a "youthful indiscretion."
Court records show that Kundra pleaded guilty to theft of less than $300 on Aug. 27, 1996, in Rockville, Md. He was sentenced to supervised probation, community service and a small fine. A case file describing the offense could not be found.
"Vivek committed a youthful indiscretion," Shapiro said. "He performed community service, and we are satisfied that he fully resolved the matter."
Obama appointed Kundra March 5 to the White House post of chief federal information officer in charge of purchases of computers and other information technology.
A week later, the FBI raided the District of Columbia technology office, which Kundra had led until recently. Agents arrested a city employee and a technology consultant on corruption charges, and Kundra was put on leave from his White House post until further details became known, but was reinstated Tuesday.
"Mr. Kundra has been informed that he is neither a subject nor a target of the investigation and has been reinstated," Shapiro said.
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