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Posted on 01/14/2026 5:39:21 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Federal prosecutors have charged a Maryland man with orchestrating a years-long theft scheme inside the U.S. House of Representatives, alleging he stole hundreds of government-issued cell phones and sold them for personal profit.
The findings of this case were revealed by the Department of Justice on Monday.
Christopher Southerland, 43, of Glen Burnie, was arrested Friday after a federal indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
Authorities said the stolen devices were worth more than $150,000.
According to the indictment, Southerland worked as a system administrator for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure from April 2020 through July 2023.
His role gave him authority to order mobile phones for committee staff.
Prosecutors allege that between January and May 2023, Southerland abused that access by directing roughly 240 new government phones to be shipped to his home in Maryland.
Of particular note, at the time, the committee had only about 80 staff members.
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Maryland man? Are they just trying to make the article more wordy? Just tell us his name!
When did they start calling a job a “role?”
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has about 80 (EIGHTY!) members?
I think we are seeing another part of the problem with this situation.
HOORAY Federal prosecutors.
240 phones? My goodness….that is a lot of phones.
Are there no auditors working in Congress? This crap would get caught in short order in most business offices. It would have shown up in a monthly P&L review.
I know government is not a business, but come on…basic controls is the first job of managers.
Is there anyone honest left in this world? Good grief. Or all of the thieving parasites automatically drawn to government access?
Yogi...?
Funny they just show a photo of Porto under the headline instead of the perp. Hmmm why is that do you suppose?
He was just trying to get over
Stories like this one amaze me. Don’t these organizations have supervisors who check to see that Column A matches Column B?
I guess not.
I wonder what’s next. Maybe some shifty employee will order a submarine, and take delivery of it.
“Christopher Southerland, 43, of Glen Burnie, was arrested Friday”
It’s literally the third paragraph dude. 🤷♂️
I saw a photo of an old guy getting his ear checked! Oh…that’s an ad for hearing loss.
Maryland man = Filthy Democrat
/spit
About the same time that "Personnel Department" became "Human Resources".
The jargon is easy to pick up if you "lean into it". :)
So what DEMOCRAT did he work for?
> It’s literally the third paragraph dude. <
In defense of Twotone, once you’ve been on Free Republic for 10+ years, you no longer have to read even the excerpt. Just glance at the headline, then say whatever comes to mind.
It’s tradition!
🙂
240 phones for a staff of 80 ... well, that would have been plausible for Hillary Clinton’s staff given the loss and breakage rate there, but anywhere else it would raise red flags.
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