Second employee of Harford County manufacturer pleads guilty in multimillion-dollar kickback scheme

Eugene Andrew DiNoto, of Bel Air, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, engaging in an illegal monetary transaction and filing a false tax return, in connection with a kickback scheme that defrauded his employer of more than $29 million, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office. According to the plea, DiNoto, 51, was a longtime employee of a family-owned global business headquartered in New York, but with manufacturing facilities in Belcamp and Abingdon.