Does anyone think that the BATF would ever be so gentle and understanding with an FFL dealer if the dealer made a mistake but did so in good faith?
Posted on 05/05/2023 7:38:15 AM PDT by Enterprise
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives intentionally overstated the duties of dozens of employees, labeling them as law enforcement agents so it could pay them more money and costing the government tens of millions of dollars.
Investigators said ATF has been making overpayments since at least 2003. They identified more than 100 jobs in human resources and other administrative areas that were misclassified as criminal investigators.
They said the government wasted roughly $20 million on overpayments in just one five-year period.
ATF officials disputed the exact numbers but admitted to the overall nature of the scam. Officials said they are still trying to clean it up by reassigning some employees while cutting others’ pay.
The employees won’t be asked to pay back their unearned money. ATF has decided to waive the debt, arguing that the employees acted in “good faith.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com ...
Isn’t defrauding the US Government a crime? Just asking for Harry Reid’s friend….
¿Why is this not a crime?
Is “current services baseline budgeting” still a thing? Seems like they just rake what ghey want in the age of continuing resolutions.
You would think that the FBI would be all Snoopy happy dance, because this is white collar crime as well as a long running RICO operation. But you know - crickets.
Does anyone think that the BATF would ever be so gentle and understanding with an FFL dealer if the dealer made a mistake but did so in good faith?
Two good points of crimes…
But I wonder also, is this only the BATF that is involved? I suggest that it is possible that other agencies have done similar, or are currently doing so. Maybe the FBI, DOJ, EPA, IRS, and who knows who else is involved? Is what we are seeing with the BATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fraud) just the tip of the iceberg of a vast vast amount of systemic fraud being committed by federal agencies? With the feds, where there's smoke, there's a catastrophic conflagration.
Maybe that is one reason for every little agency to have it’s own law enforcement group?
Re ATF, and all fed LE agencies, three areas come to mind when considering fraudulent overpayments, and two are related to the classification of desk jocks as “covered positions,” meaning law enforcement. They are: 25% extra pay for “administratively uncontrollable overtime,” given because of the unpredictable hours involved in LE; locality pay to cover subsistence in areas considered high cost of living, such as SFR; the third is the system of management bonuses, wildly subject to corrupt interpretations. Managers, not surprisingly, get to enjoy all three, drones two. Corruption flows downhill, directly from the WH.
Excellent post, thank you!
NEVER any consequences when government does wrong STEALING our money and NOTHING ever happens…….SPIT
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