Marcel Van Wolvelaerd, 63, of Guilford, was sentenced on Nov. 28 to six months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for submitting false documents to the U.S. Postal Service.

Van Wolvelaerd is the owner and operator of CableComm LLC, which from approximately 2007 through 2014 had a contract with the USPS to perform repair and maintenance work at various postal facilities.

Van Wolvelaerd sought payment on certain repair and maintenance work done in Connecticut in 2017. Prior to making payment, the USPS requested that Van Wolvelaerd 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. Two of the invoices falsely inflated CableComm’s costs, and the third was entirely fictitious.

The investigation also foundthat Van Wolvelaerd provided Robert Giulietti, a USPS facilities project manager, with $59,000 in cash in exchange for CableComm’s receiving USPS contracts.

Van Wolvelaerd pleaded guilty to one count of submitting false claims to the U.S. Postal Service on Dec. 12, 2017.

Giulietti pleaded guilty to bribery, fraud and tax offenses in February 2014. He was sentenced on May 30, 2014, to 42 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay $882,064 in restitution and $291,026 in back taxes, interest and penalties.

Van Wolvelaerd, who is released on a $20,000 bond, was ordered to report to prison on Jan. 3, 2019.