A Brunswick man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Portland to charges of mail fraud and income tax evasion.

Matthew J. LaForge, 38, worked for Wright Express from 2006 to 2008 where he fraudulently billed the company and was paid roughly $231,000 for marketing services by a bogus company, according to a written release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Portland.

LaForge had the payments to the fictitious company sent to a mailbox that he had opened in New Hampshire.

After he left Wright Express, LaForge worked as a financial analyst at L.L. Bean from 2009 to 2011 where he fraudulently billed that company roughly $220,000 for marketing services reportedly performed by the same bogus company.

LaForge had the payments sent to the same New Hampshire mailbox he used earlier, the U.S. Attorney’s Office wrote.

He failed to report any of his “illicit” income on his federal income tax returns for five years starting in 2006, resulting in more than $89,000 in unpaid income taxes, federal prosecutors said.

LaForge faces up to 20 years in prison on the two mail fraud charges and up to five years on the tax evasion charge. He also faces fines of up to $250,000 on each charge.

LaForge agreed to pay full restitution to the two companies and their insurers as well as owed taxes to the Internal Revenue Service.

U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torresen accepted LaForge’s plea.

He is expected to be sentenced after completion of a presentencing report by the United States Probation Office. He was released on personal recognizance pending sentencing.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the IRS.

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