South Carolina contractor pleads guilty to defrauding Defense Department.

ETA: Here's another link to the story.

Serious consequences for Corley, who pleaded guilty.
Serious consequences for Wooten, who, according to the article, committed suicide.

300$ Hammer?

Bet it came from him

Good thing they weren't shipping tanks or jet engines or something big and heavy!

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Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

See. I don't blame the guy who wrote the invoice nearly as much as the idiot who paid the bill.

Good point!

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I am paid twice on invoices all the time. I write them a letter and tell them. They often say to keep the money and apply it to their next order.

Pays to be honest.

Good boy. Trying to learn RPN.

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haliburton. I am glad they caught the s.o.bum.

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Halliburton? No way. They're too good to get caught that easily. Too well-connected, too. Besides, a couple million dollars is chump change for them.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Sorry, didn't expect it to become a register-to-read article.

Here's another link to the story.

Pendajoes all of them. still glad they got caught.

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1987 420 SEL

automated shipping payment system


you are blaming a computer, right?

Before you retort, "...a computer only does what it is programed to do..." once an 'automated' system is implemented it is not attended, hence the term automated.

Aside from that, throw the book at the bums.

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C Sean- your avatar is making me hungry.

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This case is from the town across the lake from me (about 10 miles away). Both of the perps are women. And one did kill herself last year at her lake house.

The State Newspaper (Columbia, SC) says today they invoiced the DOD for shipping costs totaling over $71 million since 1997!!!

I Googled Charlene Corley and found several hits detailing the Lexington County Council honoring the sisters for community support.

I think there will be more to this story.

Edit: Just read the Charlotte Observer story. Did you notice this:

"The investigation revealed the company had sometimes double-billed for supplies and charged even when the government denied its services, said Army Lt. Col. Brian Maka, a Pentagon spokesman. The billing of the washers was one of the most egregious charges, he said.

"A 19-cent lock washer you could put an envelope in the mail and mail it with a 14-cent stamp," Maka said."

A Lt. Col. thinks you can mail an envelope for 14-cents. I think someone's lost touch with reality.

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I wonder how many people are charging $5,000 to ship $.19 washers and getting away with it.

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