An IT staffing company that admitted to inflating its fees by over $160,000 will be barred from entering into contracts with Baltimore City for at least five years under an action expected to be approved by the Board of Estimates tomorrow.

Investment Management Enterprise and its CEO, Twyla Garrett, pleaded guilty last February in Baltimore Circuit Court to falsifying company time sheets while working for the Mayor’s Office of Information Technology (MOIT) in 2013.

In one instance, the hours of senior staff were increased from 57 hours of actual work to 845 hours billed to the city, resulting in $92,868 in overpayments.

The company, which was hired by the Bureau of Purchases to provide staffing services to MOIT, has already paid $165,520 in restitution to the city.

The law department and Inspector General Robert H. Pearre Jr., who cracked the case, have recommended that company president Garrett be personally banned from municipal contracting during the debarment period.

Pearre’s investigation of the case did not result in any charges against city personnel.