A top climate change expert at the Environmental Protection Agency has admitted to defrauding the government out of more than $900,000 by claiming he was an undercover CIA agent so he didn't have to show up for work for months at a time.
John C. Beale, 65, was the agency's highest paid employee and reported directly to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy during most of the 13 years he ran the scam.
NBC News reports that no one at the agency questioned or looked into his claims that he was working undercover for the CIA. He left the office for weeks or months - claiming he was at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, or in Pakistan working on covert missions.
Really, he was home reading, riding his bicycle or doing housework. Sometimes he escaped to his vacation home on Cape Cod, prosecutors say.
He billed taxpayers for 33 plane flights between 2003 and 2011, including personal trips to London and California, which he flew first class. He stayed in five-star hotels and billed the government for expensive meals and limo rides. The total cost: more than $266,000.
He also publicly 'retired,' but managed to continue drawing his $206,000 salary for 18 months - despite brazenly throwing a retirement party for himself that was attended by McCarthy. Full story...
Related posts:
John C. Beale, 65, was the agency's highest paid employee and reported directly to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy during most of the 13 years he ran the scam.
NBC News reports that no one at the agency questioned or looked into his claims that he was working undercover for the CIA. He left the office for weeks or months - claiming he was at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, or in Pakistan working on covert missions.
Really, he was home reading, riding his bicycle or doing housework. Sometimes he escaped to his vacation home on Cape Cod, prosecutors say.
He billed taxpayers for 33 plane flights between 2003 and 2011, including personal trips to London and California, which he flew first class. He stayed in five-star hotels and billed the government for expensive meals and limo rides. The total cost: more than $266,000.
He also publicly 'retired,' but managed to continue drawing his $206,000 salary for 18 months - despite brazenly throwing a retirement party for himself that was attended by McCarthy. Full story...
Related posts:
- The climate change corporate lobby threatens the environment...
- All roads lead to Dr Rajendra Pachauri, UN climate chief...
- The global warming hoax is now killing people...
- Lying, cheating climate scientists caught lying, cheating again...
- Bono exposed as a complete fraud...
- How Goldman Sachs robbed you of 5 billion dollars in aluminium fraud...
No comments:
Post a Comment