A U.S. State Department employee and her husband were indicted Thursday on charges stemming from a scheme to steer more than $60 million contracts to a company they controlled, federal prosecutors said.

Kathleen D. McGrade, 64, and Brian Collinsworth, 46, both of Fredericksburg, face a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted.

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