The former director of the Department of Human Resources entered a plea at the federal court in Oakland, California on Friday and will be sentenced later this year.

Evelyn Langford was accused by the federal government of accepting more than $200,000 from an official of Native Hawaiian Holding Company (NHHC), which was awarded a multi-million dollar contract under the federal National Emergency Grant program of the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL).

The grant was administered by Human Resources, during the time Langford was director as well well as the Governor’s Authorized Representatives for disasters.

Langford was at the Oakland federal court Friday morning for arraignment and change of pleas hearings, where she waived the official public reading of the charges, which is one count each of wire fraud and “bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds.”

Abraham Simmons spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Northern California told Samoa News that Langford pled guilty today to one count each of fraud and bribery before U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar.

Langford is out on a $50,000 bond and will be sentenced in June this year.  Her defense attorney didn’t immediately respond to a request for comments on the case.

More details on Monday.