New Jersey City Pays Dead Man $130,000 a Year

FoxNews.com ^ | 02/02/2007

[devane617]

CAMDEN, N.J. — Talk about lying down on the job! A recent audit of cash-strapped Camden, N.J. school district's finances found it was paying an employee $130,000 annually — and he's been dead for more than three decades. City officials were shocked by the discovery. The independent audit of Camden schools found fiscal mismanagement and lax controls for payroll, purchasing, and accounts payable, reported WPVI-TV in Philadelphia. Camden has been plagued with scandal and is known as the nation's poorest city.

[devane617]

WOW, what a story of fraud. I seem to remember, post-katrina in NO, that someone discovered several hundred non-existant police officers that were being paid by the city. Anyone else remember the story? Links?

[Clintonfatigued]

He must be a registered Democrat.

[xcamel]

shocked my a$$ - who was cashing the checks?

[CindyDawg]

Why didn't they say who it was and who has been cashing the checks?

[CindyDawg]

They are there. Just stressed. Last I heard, they were sent to Vegas:')

[Cicero]

"I am shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"

--Inspector Renault.

[RunningWolf]

Someone had to cash the checks

[Old Professer]

I wonder how many times the guy has voted?

[hosepipe]

[ Anyone else remember the story? ]

I do... then the story died.. Was never caught by the MsM..
Wonder why?.. Spiked maybe?.. LoL.. :)

[fieldmarshaldj]

Forget it, Jake. It's Camden.

[metmom]

My thoughts exactly. Three decades? Just how old would this guy be anyway?

[SampleMan]

Someone had to cash the checks

Don't be so old-school. Its direct deposit these days.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

They should just declare Camden a military base and let the Marines practice their shooting skills at the scumbags who inhabit the city.

[Tzimisce]

You can't discriminate against him just because he's dead. That would be lifeist.

[metmom]

I don't think they had direct deposit 30 years ago when this guy died.

[Clintonfatigued]

Well, that money was going somewhere, unless there are thousands of unchashed checks lying around somewhere.

[oldenuff2no]

Is this person a cop in New Orleans?????

[DocH]

They NEED to pay him.

ESPECIALLY since he's been voting for demonRAT scumbags ALL these years, even AFTER kicking the bucket.

[glymers]

Looks like someone has some Splainin to do. that's alot of dough. How many freezers would it take and how many Renold's wrap rolls would that be. 130k x 30 =3,900,000.

[RunningWolf]

It was for me back in 1975 too, have you confirmed he used direct deposit?