HUD Employee From Fairfax Pleads Guilty To Bilking Feds Of $225K

WASHINGTON, DC — A 45-year-old woman from Fairfax pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday for claiming to work more hours than she actually did while employed in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to court documents.

Between October 2021 and May 2025, Crissy Monique Baker worked as a management and program analyst at HUD. She also held multiple full-time government contractor positions from October 2021 through July 2024. While performing human resources services for other federal agencies, she did not seek HUD’s approval for outside employment according to court documents.

“Through this years-long scheme, Baker billed the government more than 24 hours in a single day between her employment with the federal government and contractors. The estimated loss to the government was $225,866,” court records say.

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From September 2021 through April 2023, a contractor employed Baker as a human resources assistant for Americorps. She also worked as a human resources specialist for the National Institutes of Health from May 16, 2022 to Dec. 2, 2022, according to court documents.

“Because of her scheme, Baker willfully caused the contractors to submit false claims to the U.S. Government for hours that she did not actually work,” according to court records “In addition, Baker submitted timesheets to HUD certifying that she worked hours for the government agency that she never actually did. For example, in June 2022, Baker certified through timesheets to HUD, Contractor-A, and Contractor-B, that she worked 26 hours per day on 13 workdays out of a total of 21 workdays that month.”

As a telework employee, Baker was able to hide her employment with HUD and the two contractors from each other, court documents say. Baker is due back in court on Sept. 30 for sentencing.