Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms ... + $20K ... such is the life of an ATF agent.
Posted on 11/22/2013 1:26:20 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Former ATF agent accused of embezzling
SEATTLE — A former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent accused of embezzling nearly $20,000 when he worked for the federal agency was indicted Thursday.
A federal grand jury in Seattle indicted James Contreras, 51, of Maple Valley, Wash., on an embezzlement count and 30 counts of making false statements, the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco said.
The U.S. attorney's office in Seattle is recused from the case.
While Contreras worked as an agent and supervisor at the ATF office in Seattle, he's accused of embezzling money from a cash fund for which he was responsible. He's also accused of submitting false reports to account for the money. The fund was to be used for such things as purchasing evidence or making subsistence payments to confidential informants, the U.S. attorney's statement said.
The indictment cites 30 alleged payments to Contreras between March 10, 2010, and April 30, 2012.
Contreras will make an initial appearance in federal court in Seattle in December, prosecutors said. Court documents did not indicate whether he has a lawyer.
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Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms ... + $20K ... such is the life of an ATF agent.
Supervisor BATFE agent makes about $130k a year, plus benefits, but needs to steal from the office funds.
“That’s a real go-getter with upper-management written all over him.”
ATF likes them a little crooked. It makes them more compliant when their asked to do things like Fast & Furious or Waco.
BATF&E ought to be the name of a convenience store rather than a repressive unsupervised unrestrained arm of the federal government.
A lot of stealing from the government goes on in third world countries.
Please have respect, they must be referred to as “F-Troop” here.
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