Courtney Stadd, a former NASA official who left the agency, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly using a temporary NASA post he held later to help steer space agency business to a client of his consulting firm, The Washington Post reported.

That later post as a special government employee involved how $15 million would be spent that was earmarked for earth science programs.

Stadd allegedly helped steer funding to a client, the Mississippi State University GeoResources Institute.