Fed Swipes Credit Cards, Hires Escorts
By Tom Shoop | Thursday, October 26, 2006 | 06:59 PM
By Tom Shoop | Thursday, October 26, 2006 | 06:59 PM
Here's an early candidate for worst co-worker of the year: Shang Hsiung, a fuel cell technology specialist at the Transportation Department, pleaded guilty today to stealing credit card numbers from his co-workers and using them to pay for escort services while on official government business. Hsiung racked up almost $40,000 in such charges while on government travel over a five-year period.
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Why did it take 5 years to catch him?
mark volin | Friday, March 23, 2007 | 02:23 PMI'm in the military, and if something happened like this one of my men, they would have been demoted, if not kicked out of the service. This guy is getting off real light if you ask me. I hope he is also paying back all of the money, otherwise this is also out and out theft.
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