NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – CHRISTOPHER O’CONNOR (“O’CONNOR”), a former Army pay technician, was sentenced on September 3, 2026 by U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to five years’ probation, 100 hours of community service, and payment of $98,691 in restitution, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.
O’CONNOR previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy, for submitting fraudulent reimbursement requests for military funeral honors that he and six other Army reservists allegedly performed, but had not.
U.S. Attorney Courcelle praised the work of The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division. Assistant United States Chandra Menon, Chief of the Public Corruption Unit, was in charge of the prosecution. Updated for accuracy. The United States Army Criminal Investigation Command is currently named The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division. ***