Posted on 12/18/2013 11:33:39 AM PST by traderrob6
The EPA’s highest-paid employee and a leading expert on climate change was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison Wednesday for lying to his bosses and saying he was a CIA spy working in Pakistan so he could avoid doing his real job.
John C. Beale’s crimes were “inexplicable” and “egregious," said Judge Ellen Huvelle in imposing the sentence in a Washington. D.C. federal court. Beale has also agreed to pay $1.3 million in restitution and forfeiture to the government.
Beale said he was ashamed of his lies about working for the CIA. “Why did I do this? Greed – simple greed – and I’m ashamed of that greed,” Beale told the court. He also said it was possible that he got a “rush” and a “sense of excitement" by telling people he was worked for the CIA. “It was something like an addiction,” he said.
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Well it’s not he hurt anyone physically. One thing I didn’t see mentioned. It was OUR FREAKIN’ money. Guess we don’t get a say huh?
I’m sure he’s not the only Federal Government employee to pull this stunt.
Lying was a rush, so that is what is up with our lying liberals.
“Beale has also agreed to pay $1.3 million in restitution and forfeiture to the government.”
But I thought that he Stole much more than that. Then you add interest. And only 32 months?
Talk about a sweetheart deal.
What I despise is the holier-than-thou attitude among the EPA “leadership”. The whole department is a fraud. This guy actually did the world a favor by NOT working on his job. The whole department should be thrown in jail or disbanded.
Walter Mitty.
Didn’t they just make this into a movie?
Being a CIA spy is sort of like being sexy or trustworthy. If you tell people you are, you probably aren’t.
lol
Government employee steals over a million dollars and gets less than 3 years?
Nice deal~
He just got so used to telling lies he couldn't help himself.
Fortunately, he can appeal to the DC Circuit, which obama has conveniently stacked in his favor.
James Hansen formerly of NASA comes to mind.
Remind you of someone?
Top Federal employee must really be getting a rush.
Al Gore should be doing life.
How a top climate change expert defrauded EPA out of $900K by claiming he was an undercover CIA agent and spent $260K traveling first class so he didn’t have to show up for work
John C. Beale was a high-profile policy advisory at the Environmental Protection Agency
Reported directly to Administrator Gina McCarthy during most of the 13 years of fraud
Claimed he was on covert assignments for CIA but really set home reading books or doing chores while earning $206,000 a year
Assertions that he had undercover CIA job was never checked out by EPA
Publicly retired and threw party for himself, but collected paychecks for another 18 months
He billed taxpayers for 33 plane flights between 2003 and 2011, including personal trips to London and California, which he flew first class. He stayed in five-star hotels and billed the government for expensive meals and limo rides. The total cost: more than $266,000.
He also publicly ‘retired,’ but managed to continue drawing his $206,000 salary for 18 months - despite brazenly throwing a retirement party for himself that was attended by McCarthy.
He even lied and said he had contracted malaria while serving in the Vietnam War in order to get a handicapped parking spot. He neither had malaria nor served in Vietnam, according to prosecutors.
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EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy was Beale’s boss during most of the 13 years he allegedly committed fraud
Beale is a Princeton-educated ‘senior policy adviser’ who worked as one of the EPA’s top climate change experts.
He helped rewrite the Clean Air Act in 1990, led EPA delegations at climate change conferences in 2000 and 2001, and helped negotiate carbon emissions agreements with India and China.
Beale is married to Nancy Kete, who President Barack Obama appointed the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. She is currently managing director of the Rockafeller Foundation.
The couple own a $872,000 townhouse in Arlington, Virginia, and a $626,000 vacation home on Cape Cod.
He can’t appeal if he’s already pled guilty. He’ll be out in less than 2 years. Not a bad deal for him under the circumstances.
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