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VA Supervisor Made Her Employees Renovate Her House, Used Gov’t Money To Do It
The Daily Caller ^ | September 15, 2014 | Tristyn Bloom

Posted on 09/16/2014 9:26:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

A former Veterans Affairs supervisor has been sentenced for stealing up to $20,000 of government property, a recent Justice Department release announced.

From 2010 to 2013, 48-year-old Venita Godfrey-Scott directed her employees to use materials and supplies intended for VA medical center upkeep on her own house. These taxpayer-funded home improvement projects included “a deck in her backyard, carpet installation, and various kitchen, bathroom and basement improvements.” She also instructed employees to buy other necessary materials with her government-issued credit card, and had them work on these projects during normal work hours, when they were being paid by the VA.

Godfrey-Scott was a facilities supervisor, responsible for “carpentry, paint, locks, doors, and other minor construction projects,” for the VA Medical Center in West Haven, Conn....

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Local News; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: connecticut; corruption; fraud; veterans
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It gets worse, she got a slap on the wrist.
1 posted on 09/16/2014 9:26:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: Nachum

Ping.


2 posted on 09/16/2014 9:29:02 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps; Nachum

3 posted on 09/16/2014 9:31:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If workers followed her orders, there is a cancer in the VA.


4 posted on 09/16/2014 9:35:38 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Settled science.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It gets worse, she got a slap on the wrist.

Are we surprised? I'm not.
And it's PROBABLY not the first time that she dipped her hand into the cookie jar.

5 posted on 09/16/2014 9:35:48 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Since Obama came into office, it seems the government has been filled with grifters like this POS who want to dip into the public coffers to get their piece of the pie.

Disgusting.


6 posted on 09/16/2014 9:38:29 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Every kid worth his salt has one scar from a flaming marshmallow, and a story to go along with it.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I hope she doesn't find out about Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his gubmin surplus. She will GRAB it for herself!

WATCH OUT, Sheriff!!

7 posted on 09/16/2014 9:40:25 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Want to bet she retired and will be drawing a big pension. For the rest of her life.... Why no picture let’s see what this leach looks like, must be a reason they are not publishing her picture.. I need to get a government job.


8 posted on 09/16/2014 9:42:57 PM PDT by martinidon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; ...

V A ping.


9 posted on 09/16/2014 9:44:24 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: martinidon

Not 100% certain, but I think this is her.

10 posted on 09/16/2014 9:45:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yep, I looked up additional articles on her. This is like a secret, the MSM isn’t covering it. You can bet this is not isolated, it is rampant among all government agencies....


11 posted on 09/16/2014 9:49:56 PM PDT by martinidon
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It gets worse, she got a slap on the wrist.


She should be in prison.


12 posted on 09/16/2014 9:51:16 PM PDT by boycott
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh. But Gov Perry is guilty of issuing a veto. Yeah, right.

The level of corruption on the left is literally insane.


13 posted on 09/16/2014 9:54:46 PM PDT by piytar (So....you are saying that Hilllary (and Obama) do not know what the meaning of the word "IS" IS?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Crime does pay! Especially If your a minority and work for the government.


14 posted on 09/16/2014 9:55:14 PM PDT by martinidon
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To: martinidon

Nobody ever gets fired in government. I fired our finance director. people were shocked and amazed someone actually did it.


15 posted on 09/16/2014 10:05:57 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: boycott

Yep, prison.

Remember former congressman James P. Traficant (”Beam me up, Mr. Speaker!”? He went to prison for a variety of crimes. One was having his aides do work on his farm and houseboat.


16 posted on 09/16/2014 10:07:09 PM PDT by MilesVeritatis (Devote yourself to the truth, no matter where it leads you.)
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To: MilesVeritatis

I remember James P. Traficant. I hate it ended up like it did for him. He was entertaining and right most every time.


17 posted on 09/16/2014 10:15:30 PM PDT by boycott
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Yep, I am surprised they allowed you to fire someone. I just read an article about the tensions between civilian government workers and vets Obama forced the govt to give preference to. Seems the civilians don't like the disciplined, hard working vets. Makes them look lazy.....
18 posted on 09/16/2014 10:23:32 PM PDT by martinidon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Not 100% certain, but I think this is her.

If that indeed is her, I think I got this figured out.

19 posted on 09/16/2014 10:56:05 PM PDT by Mark17 (If I have a son, I am going to name him Bill, George, Sue, anything but Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let us contrast:

Dinesh D’Sousa illegally donates $20K OF HIS OWN MONEY to a political campaign through straw donors to benefit a friend’s campaign.

Venita Godfrey-Scott STEALS $20K OF THE PUBLIC’S MONEY in form of materials and labor for her own benefit.

I don’t excuse either activity; however, I’m interested to see who will end up with the easier punishment/sentence.


20 posted on 09/17/2014 12:03:45 AM PDT by MilesVeritatis (Devote yourself to the truth, no matter where it leads you.)
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