Top ICE figure pleads guilty in brazen, $500G scam

FoxNews.com ^ | Published May 01, 2012 | William La Jeunesse

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In a brazen criminal scheme to defraud taxpayers, one of the highest-ranking officials in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to helping embezzle more than $500,000 from the federal government.

Over three years, James Woosley and at least five other ICE employees scammed the agency by fabricating expenses for trips that were never taken and for hotel, rental car and restaurant expenses that did not exist, according to court records.

His son, also named James Woosley, and live-in girlfriend, Lateisha Rollerson -- both ICE employees -- allegedly ran the scam out of the elder Woosley's two Virginia homes.

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"It tells us that the vetting process and the checks and balances, the internal controls at ICE, obviously are inadequate," said Rep. Candice Miller, R-Mich., who sits on the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

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“Over three years, James Woosley and at least five other ICE employees scammed the agency by fabricating expenses for trips that were never taken and for hotel, rental car and restaurant expenses that did not exist, according to court records”

Now, had they actually bothered to go to Vegas, they wouldn’t be in all this trouble.

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One can only imagine what the new TSA employees will do.. Oh, by the way, NO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THESE EMPLOYEES.