"The Environmental Protection Agency's top climate change expert and highest paid employee was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison today for defrauding the government.
"John C. Beale, who lives with his wife in Virginia, claimed he was a CIA agent working in Pakistan so he didn't have to show up for work for months at a time and defrauded the government out of more than $900,000.
"The 65-year-old's 13 year scam was 'inexplicable' and 'unbelievably egregious', Judge Ellen Huvelle said in Washington D.C. federal court today."
More at link.
EPA's top-paid employee motivated by "greed" and "sense of excitement".
Do you think this “climate change expert” criminal asshat ever lied about his “science”? I hope this degenerate LIB idiot bends over to get the soap many, many times.
Funny use of the word ‘inexplicable.’
How many more days left before we all burn up according to Al Bore?
White guy. But yet Sharpton remains free owing (defrauding) the taxman millions.
Best 900K the EPA has spent to date.
DISMANTLE/DEFUND/DOWNSIZE EPA. UNaffordable, UNaccountable bureaucracy.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
$18,809,421,122,731+
It seems ironic to me that a person can be convicted of defrauding a thug agency that defrauds the public and abuses it’s power that was created by money taken from people through abusive and threatening tactics.
I guess when the government grants start falling off these “experts” have to do something to make a living. Wen it comes to da environment, there are TWO ways to con the America taxpayers. Legally and illegally
Must be he ignored the required kick backs.
[[Climate Change Expert Jailed for Conning EPA out of $900K]]
but yet the climate alarmist liars won’t be jailed for conning the WORLD out of $900 trillion
All he had to do lie about global warming and they would have given him so much more.
Global Warming on Free Republic here, here and here
If someone from the NRA had done this it would be on the front page of the New York Times...
Since it’s a fellow liberal elite who’s the criminal, the ‘press’ will give him a pass.
Anyone surprised?