Posted on 05/21/2013 3:10:36 PM PDT by grundle
Entrusted with a government credit card, an Internal Revenue Service worker allegedly used the plastic for a years-long Amazon.com shopping spree that netted her hundreds of items, including a chocolate fondue fountain; Bollywood movies; Pampers; Harlequin romance novels; Omaha Steaks; Apple Bottoms skinny jeans; mango body wash; and a Ginsu knife set.
According to a court filing, Oseni was given a Citibank MasterCard for the “purchase of office supplies for her business unit.”
However, a probe by the Treasury Department’s inspector general determined that Oseni has made scores of unauthorized purchases since being provided the IRS credit card in mid-2009. Oseni “provided altered receipts to approving officials at the IRS to cover-up the unauthorized purchases,” prosecutors charge.
ome of Oseni’s more distinctive buys included:
* “2 Plus Size Trench Coats”
* “Hello Kitty Cosmetic Set and Dream Diary Kit”
* “MAC Haughty & Naughty Lash Mascara”
* “Nostalgia Electrics RSM-702 Retro Series Snow Cone Maker”
* “3lb Party Candy and Toy Pinata”
* “Lansinoh Lanolin Nursing Cream”
* “4 pairs of Leveret Children Pajamas (Choo Choo, Dreamboat, Tiger, Monkey)”
Oseni, who is free on a personal recognizance bond, faces a maximum of ten years in prison if convicted on the embezzlement count. She is scheduled for a June 12 hearing at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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a government credit card for me ,Oh thank you
Uhhhh, nursing cream?
I agree, they should toss the book at her.
Usually government “workers” are given “further training” after promising not to do it again. She should be fired, imprisoned then deported...and maybe waterboarded.
IRS worker, Yetunde Oseni.
Actually, she did it for four years without being detected.
We loves us some government oversight, don’t we?
“Yetunde Oseni”
going out on a limb to say she’s one of Obama’s daughters/Holder’s people.
Not only that, if she didn't report the value of the merchandise as income onher 1040, then she needs to pay interest and penalties at the IRS rate on the income that she failed to report.
Would be a little unusual for that demographic to purchase Bollywood movies, no?
I’ve audited these types of card programs before. The government has two main types of cards, travel and purchase. The travel card is like a credit card, where you get the bill and are responsible to pay it each time you charge. You get reimbursed through a voucher for your travel expenses, but you still have to pay it. The purchase card is automatically paid to the issuer of the card. The cardholder and an approving official (which is not supposed to be the direct supervisor to prevent collusion) are supposed to sign off on the purchases as legitimate. The data in the system they used should have identified the vendor, and all of those purchases should have been a red flag to any reviewer, based upon the companies she bought them from. No excuses.
Obama Fo ain’t enough - I gots a Credip Card too.!
What about the IRS insect in Floriduh who tried to blackmail her landlord for rent by threatening audits?
Any irregularities on expense account is a firing offense with me. It is clearly stated in the employment contract. Can ‘t be trusted with expense account = fired, immediately and be grateful you are not prosecuted for embezzlement. Sign a release or have charges filed against you... no negotiation.
The data in the system they used should have identified the vendor, and all of those purchases should have been a red flag to any reviewer,
Looks like a resale operation! Yard sale every 4th week when Disability checks are in!
I used a company credit card to buy a lawn mower at one time.
When I got home I looked at the receipt and realized I had used the wrong card. The next day I made it known to the company that I had made an error. No problems. And my card was charged later. By the way the company card had no limits on it, Halliburton! I was buying fuel with it for ships that were doing seismic exploration in the Gulf of Mexico - mega bucks when making a port call for fuel!
In the real world that is called "identity theft," except that Obama gets to do it and we give him a pension and a house in Hawaii, if and when he leaves office.
That name sounds very Obamish
Or maybe not. Can't say that I've ever seen a "Hot Gals of the IRS" in any men's magazines.. d:^)
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