[hercuroc]

Ironically, in 1998, Poetz received an award from Vice President Al Gore for her role in developing the purchase card program, which was cited for making government more efficient

Priceless!

[EDINVA]

Did she use her purchase card program for carbon credits? That might mitigate her ultimate sentence.

[river rat]

There are MANY stories recently about our “civil servants” using Government Credit cards for all manner of inappropriate purchases...

In a sane world -— thousands would have been fired.
Hell - in ANY non-governmental job they would have all been fired.

Civil Servants my a$$ — nothing civil at all about the damned thieves.

[KoRn]

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[bamahead]

Poetz received an award from Vice President Al Gore for her role in developing the purchase card program

Priceless!

Wonder what Gore's cut was....?

[kcvl]

Suzanne Poetz stole more than 150 Forest Service purchase card convenience checks from 2000 to 2004, the government said. But in a plea agreement filed last week in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee, Poetz admitted to converting a single $1,200 government check.

The government said she admitted cashing the checks “because she was addicted to gambling,” and that she admitted using her home computer to write fraudulent invoices, according to court records.

When she’s sentenced, Poetz faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, as well as three years of supervised release.

Under the agreement, Poetz must also pay $319,705 in restitution to the Forest Service’s parent agency, the Department of Agriculture.

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