I like how they blame this guy’s crimes on the rapid hiring. He had been in for 2 decades, which meant he was up for 4 security reviews that are supposed to include a financial background. Somebody at OPM isn’t doing their job.
Uh, no one working for the federal government ever does their job 100%. They do the very minimum required.
He’s probably done the four security reviews but a guy can hide $500k over ten years if he took a few simple precautions. I’m guessing he took case bribes, and never put more than $5k a month into the bank. This would never have set off any markers for the security clearance guy. And as long as this guy lived in the same house for the whole time and drove regular cars (avoiding $75k luxury vehicles)....no one would have noted anything special about the guy.