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WITH $1.1M FROM AIR FORCE CREDIT CARD, MAN BOUGHT PIANO, HARLEY-DAVIDSON
CoffeeOrDie.com ^ | Nov 30, 2021 | Dustin Jones

Posted on 12/01/2021 8:49:34 AM PST by FryingPan101

While arranging travel for senior Air Force officials, a Maryland man bought a baby grand piano, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and pricey family vacations — all paid for with cash advances from a government credit card.

Eddie Ray Johnson Jr., 60, of Brandywine, Maryland, was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison Monday, Nov. 29, after pleading guilty to charges of theft of government property that totaled at least $1,157,540.69 — the amount he was also ordered to repay.

Johnson spent 15 years working for the Air Force as a civilian, most recently as a travel coordinator in the secretary of the Air Force’s Office of Legislative Liaison where he planned congressional travel and approved accounting packages, according to the Department of Justice. That position allowed him to pocket more than $1.1 million in cash advances from a government-issued credit card between 2014 and 2017.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: creditcard; harleydavidson; piano
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1 posted on 12/01/2021 8:49:34 AM PST by FryingPan101
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To: FryingPan101

Sure let’s give the government trillions more to spend...
They’re so good with our money!


2 posted on 12/01/2021 8:52:48 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: FryingPan101

When I was in the MDNG one time I had to run down to Richmond, they gave me a Govt. Credit card that was 1$ less than a million to use just in case I needed it.

I wasn’t tempted at all, just saying...


3 posted on 12/01/2021 8:53:21 AM PST by VastRWCon (Fake News")
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To: VastRWCon

Oh wow. That’s soooo much credit.


4 posted on 12/01/2021 8:55:41 AM PST by FryingPan101 (Dittohead- Circa 1989)
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To: FryingPan101

Well, he forgot that he can only do that is he’s bringing in a significant number of votes in key districts.


5 posted on 12/01/2021 8:56:05 AM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: FryingPan101

Don’t leave home without it.


6 posted on 12/01/2021 8:56:43 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: rktman

Don’t leave home without it.

Don’t buy a home without it.


7 posted on 12/01/2021 9:00:43 AM PST by Flick Lives (The future is a quiet world)
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To: FryingPan101

10% to the big guy?


8 posted on 12/01/2021 9:01:22 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: FryingPan101

This is a classic example of the government trying (in theory) to do the right thing and getting bitten in the ass for it.

Many many years ago, procurement was so complicated and cumbersome and time consuming, the idea was just to provide credit cards for small dollar purchases to speed things up. Simple and makes sense.

Unfortunately, no one is doing audits on the back end to make sure this kind of activity isn’t taking place. Even when the government tries to do the right thing, its incapable of executing.


9 posted on 12/01/2021 9:04:04 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: FryingPan101

Eddie Ray got greedy. If he filched only 10k or so, they wouldn’t have cared.


10 posted on 12/01/2021 9:12:08 AM PST by Blennos ( )
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To: FryingPan101

This guy is an amateur compared to our Republican Representatives and Senators!


11 posted on 12/01/2021 9:19:55 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: FryingPan101

Had a Government CC for a short while when I was in. I was scared to use it for anything! Got rid of it as soon as I could.


12 posted on 12/01/2021 9:23:41 AM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: Mr. K

In reality, he did a better job of spending our tax dollars than the government generally does. He actually got something out of it.


13 posted on 12/01/2021 9:27:28 AM PST by D Rider ( )
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To: FryingPan101

Sure is hard to find a single photo of Eddie Ray Johnson Jr. Must be a protected species.


14 posted on 12/01/2021 9:30:53 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: FryingPan101

I know people who are afraid to stop for a coffee when they are driving a government car, then there’s this guy.


15 posted on 12/01/2021 9:31:28 AM PST by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR)
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To: FryingPan101

16 months in a federal camp in return for 1.1 million? Not a bad deal.


16 posted on 12/01/2021 9:31:31 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

🎯


17 posted on 12/01/2021 9:34:42 AM PST by FryingPan101 (Dittohead- Circa 1989)
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To: vpintheak

The Navy requires you to have a goverment CC for travel, and to use it for everything if you want to be reimbursed.

Used to be you pay for things, keep receipts, and submit them when you’re done with TDY. Not now.

I think there was probably some sweet contracting done with the banks somewhere.


18 posted on 12/01/2021 9:35:43 AM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: VastRWCon

I had one for about 20 years (after the DoD cut ties with Diners Club) while TDY in Barranquilla, Colombia and had to spend about ten bucks to call Visa and get them to increase my cash advance limit. The Colombian NCO club at Barranquilla Naval Station, where we were billeted, only took cash. I called to explain and it took me several tries to get the lady to understand that I was in COLOMBIA, South America, not Columbia, South Carolina. Oy...


19 posted on 12/01/2021 9:42:37 AM PST by jagusafr ( )
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To: DesertRhino

Found Eddie R. Johnson Jr. in Brandywine on Facebook. Only pic is a light-skinned boy.


20 posted on 12/01/2021 9:43:34 AM PST by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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