EPA climate change expert scammed US tax payers

[Flesh Thorn]

The highest-paid official of the US Environmental Protection Agency bilked the government out of nearly $1 million in fraudulent wages and benefits – by convincing his bosses he was also a CIA operative and leaving for long periods at a time, authorities said.
John C. Beale, who retired in April after his phony spy career began to unravel, will be sentenced in federal court in Washington in what prosecutors said was one of the most audacious government frauds ever committed.
Beale, who served as a senior policy adviser and was a leading authority on climate change, got away with not doing his job for months at a time by telling his bosses he was off on a CIA mission, often in Pakistan or at the agency’s headquarters in Virginia.

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[Silverback]

I would comment....but I'd have to kill you

[Flesh Thorn]

I worked for someone, not too long ago, who would not show up for weeks at a time. He never used vacation or sick time and if questioned about his absenteeism, would say that he was using comp time because of being called out at night. He was caught in a big screw up that costed tax payers about $70,000. He was promoted......

[Steadfast]

I guess this guy is now experiencing the heat of his climate change.