A Guilford contractor pleaded guilty in New Haven federal court to submitting false documents to the U.S. Postal Service.

Marcel Van Wolvelaerd is the owner and operator of CableComm LLC. The USPS contracted with CableComm to perform repair and maintenance work at various USPS facilities from approximately 2007 through 2014. Van Wolvelaerd earlier this year sought payment on certain repair and maintenance work done in Connecticut. Prior to making payment, the USPS requested that he show proof of his costs. In response, Van Wolvelaerd submitted to the USPS a certified claim that included several invoices detailing his costs, including three false invoices from an electric company. Of these, two invoices inflated CableComm’s costs and the third was entirely fictitious.

He faces a maximum term of imprisonment of five years.