Person
Matthew Sidney Geouge
Spartan Diesel Technologies
Overview
Federal criminal defendant in the Western District of North Carolina. Sentenced June 23, 2022 for conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act, and tax evasion. Included among the pardon recipients in the official clemency record.
Verified facts
- Organization
- Spartan Diesel Technologies
- Role
- Spartan Diesel — federal criminal defendant, pardoned
- District
- Western District of North Carolina
- Offense
- Conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act; tax evasion
- Charge date
- Not yet documented
- Plea date
- Not yet documented
- Sentencing date
- 2022-06-23
- Pardon date
- Not yet documented
- Sentence
- 12 months and one day imprisonment; 3 years supervised release; 6 months home confinement; $1,205,532 restitution
Profile
Matthew Sidney Geouge was convicted in the Western District of North Carolina of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act, and tax evasion, and sentenced June 23, 2022 to 12 months and one day imprisonment, three years supervised release, six months home confinement, and $1,205,532 in restitution. He appears on the November 7, 2025 clemency list.
Restitution, criminal fine, and any civil penalty are separate categories and are not collapsed here. Restitution obligations that survive a pardon are a legal question turning on the terms of the specific pardon warrant.
Open questions
- Whether the pardon warrant addresses the outstanding restitution figure.