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EPA Employee Charged with Stealing $886,186 Since 2000
http://www.cnsnews.com ^ | august 23, 2013 | Craig Bannister

Posted on 08/24/2013 6:50:23 PM PDT by lowbridge

A massive fraud case erupted today at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation with news the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) pressed criminal charges on an EPA employee for stealing $886,186 from the Agency.

According to the DOJ's charge (U.S. v John C. Beale.pdf), the EPA employee stole the $886,186 over a period of more than thirteen years:

"From in or about 2000 through on or about April 30, 2013, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in a continuing course of conduct, the defendant, JOHN C. BEALE, while an employee of the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), knowingly stole and converted for his own use money and property of the United States, to wit, $886,186, which said money and property had come into the defendant's possession in the form of salary, benefits, and certain Retention Incentive Bonuses for which BEALE had not earned by providing employment services to the EPA."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: epa; sourcetitlenoturl
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1 posted on 08/24/2013 6:50:23 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Someone needs to explain this to me. Reading the charges you get the impression that he “stole” his compensation. Now, I personally believe that most government employees essentially steal their pay because they do little or nothing to earn it, but here it would seem that the government wants it back!


2 posted on 08/24/2013 6:57:07 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: lowbridge

He’ll be promoted to Director of the EPA.


3 posted on 08/24/2013 6:57:21 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
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To: lowbridge
Just one of thousands of Fedzilla employees. I wonder how much more fraud is being committed? I'm sure the sum is truly staggering.
4 posted on 08/24/2013 7:02:01 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason ("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
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To: lowbridge

I would not be shocked to learn this guy was a whistleblower.

Sounds to me like Holder is charging him for collecting his pay for 13 years?


5 posted on 08/24/2013 7:04:03 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Thy Kingdom come!)
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To: lowbridge

Is that enough to bother counting in Washington, D.C.?


6 posted on 08/24/2013 7:06:24 PM PDT by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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To: vette6387
Maybe he was clocking in and then going fishing or something. Who knows, with the state of journalism today.

/johnny

7 posted on 08/24/2013 7:07:06 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: lowbridge
Can anyone please explain to me why anyone who works for the government needs a retention bonus? If they don't like being retained for their services, go work somewhere else!

Government workers are not Ryan Braun or Tom Brady.

8 posted on 08/24/2013 7:08:32 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Dogbert41

Sounds more like to me that he stopped coming to work and continued to get his direct deposit. The government is full of those who “work from home day” every day. I have a relative who goes to her office which is only 1/2 hour away about once a month. The rest of the days she’s out to lunch with her mom, shopping, golfing, or just living the large.


9 posted on 08/24/2013 7:12:40 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: lowbridge

he’s just stickin it to the man


10 posted on 08/24/2013 7:14:54 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: blackdog

I met a Customs officer who could not go to the office, as he claimed he was allergic to perfume, deodorant, and scents of all kinds. So he petitioned the Customs Service, won, and was allowed to work from his home basement. God knows how he gets any work done.


11 posted on 08/24/2013 7:17:40 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Major Matt Mason

bttt


12 posted on 08/24/2013 7:19:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: PGR88
Or the scam where female employee goes to lunch with her boss. Both come back in a very visible and in full witness view fret. Female employee files sexual harassment charges on boss. Complaint goes to arbitrator (gov employee). Boss admits using bad judgement. Female agrees to end complaint if paid out her remaining years of service to retirement and a few hundred grand for emotional distress. Boss is sent to Palm Springs for additional training.

The complaintant and the boss then split the settlement in private.

It happens every week.

13 posted on 08/24/2013 7:27:28 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: lowbridge
She will get off with no penalty.
Her union will see that as an important part of the admin she will get full pension and perks.
Does anyone doubt this?
14 posted on 08/24/2013 7:46:34 PM PDT by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS... We are DOOMED for several generations. . Who cares? The Dems care!)
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To: Dogbert41

The pay is pretty good.

http://archive.org/stream/EPASalariesDec2007/EPA-salaries-Dec2007_djvu.txt
Beale,John C.

Senior Policy Advisor

$155903.33

Washington

DC


15 posted on 08/24/2013 7:48:17 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: JSteff

She = He


16 posted on 08/24/2013 7:49:08 PM PDT by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS... We are DOOMED for several generations. . Who cares? The Dems care!)
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To: lowbridge

The business of the EPA is stealing from all of us. Why would one employee be singled out for assuming the department culture?


17 posted on 08/24/2013 8:07:07 PM PDT by Baynative (Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.)
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To: lowbridge

Just TRY to put a figure to how much Bammy and his butt buddy Eric have stolen from us and our kids, their kids, etc.!


18 posted on 08/24/2013 8:25:43 PM PDT by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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To: lowbridge

“an EPA employee for stealing $886,186 from the Agency...”

And for that the enviro-whackjob bureaucrat got 86ed!


19 posted on 08/24/2013 8:35:32 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Why is this “news”? This is the MO of many public “servants”.


20 posted on 08/24/2013 10:17:28 PM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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