A change-of-plea hearing for a former lead electronics technician at the FBI’s Los Angeles bureau charged with conspiring to defraud the United States to obtain at least $350,000 in low-bid electronics equipment contracts from the agency was postponed Wednesday until next month.

Jeffrey Spencer, 51, of Canyon Country, and his sister, Christy Evereklian, 43, of Temecula, were charged in Los Angeles federal court last month with conspiracy to defraud the United States.

In plea agreements filed with the court, Spencer and Evereklian both agreed to plead guilty to the felony offense, which carries a possible sentence of up to five years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Spencer is expected to enter his guilty plea on Sept. 19 and Evereklian will plead five days lat

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