The former CEO of an Oklahoma ambulance service has agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle a civil kickback case.
The U.S. Justice Department revealed Monday that Stephen Williamson will pay an $80,000 settlement.
Williamson was CEO of Emergency Medical Services Authority, which manages ambulance services in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. He resigned in October after being named in a January 2017 federal lawsuit alleging a $20 million kickback scheme involving a former Texas contractor.
Williamson was specifically accused of accepting expensive gifts from the contractor, and of having the contractor make political donations to preferred candidates. He has denied wrongdoing.
The ambulance service said in April it will pay $300,000 in the settlement. EMSA's board of trustees maintained Monday there was no fraud.