NY man fined for calling boss a foreign spy

Associated Press ^ | Dec 10, 2014 11:12 AM EST

[Olog-hai]

An electrical engineer from upstate New York has been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 180 hours of community service for accusing his boss of spying for another country. […]

Prosecutors say the 39-year-old (Ryan Lechter of Endicott) wrote an anonymous letter to the Defense Security Service in March 2012 accusing his boss at BAE Systems, a defense contractor, of being “foreign intelligence,” which they say means spying. …

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Is his boss Democrat?

[areukiddingme1]

Well whatever happened to:

[Responsibility2nd]

My guess is the boss is muslim.

Therefore a protected class.

[556x45]

No, but the Letcher seems to be:
‘According to authorities, Letcher said he sent the letter because of conflict with the supervisor over taking credit for his work.’

[Fresh Wind]

I’ve accused bosses of having no intelligence, but I guess that’s a different matter altogether.

[unlearner]

“Ryan Lechter of Endicott wrote an anonymous letter”

Apparently not so anonymous.

[Clemenza]

Not a foreign spy or government agent, just a participant in the Gay Rodeo, whatever Rusty Shakleford says to the contrary.

[sakic]

Lechter is some kind of stupid.

[ßuddaßudd]

I’ve said the same thing about my chiney co-workers. . .

[Lockbox]

So much for see something, say something........

[Gay State Conservative]

IMO it's completely reasonable to assume that *every* person of Chinese decent in this country is a Chinese spy.They're either willing,enthusiastic spies (the true believers) or reluctant spies (a call from the Chinese Embassy:"we know where your grandmother lives in Harbin").

Same goes for Russians.

[CodeToad]

I think he filed a false report and that is this fine, not that he filed a report he thought was accurate.

Filing a false criminal complaint is a felony, and doing so to the DSS is a federal offense at that.