Posted on 12/23/2014 7:57:15 PM PST by jazusamo
Brian Thompson had a criminal record spanning more than two decades, but that didn’t stop him from getting an office job at the Department of Housing and Urban Development earning nearly $90,000 per year.
His extensive criminal history only came to light in recent days after federal prosecutors outlined convictions and charges of armed robbery, theft and larceny against Thompson, who now faces federal prison time for embezzling more than $800,000 from HUD during his short stint as a federal worker.
Now HUD officials are scrambling to figure out how he landed his job, which he was allowed to resign nearly two months after his embezzlement conviction.
“We are reviewing the portion of the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that HUD controls to understand why there were no background flags,” agency spokesman Jereon M. Brown wrote in an email Tuesday. “Something should have definitely come up during the background check.”
The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington filed a sentencing memo in Thompson’s case this week outlining theft and larceny arrests and convictions spanning from 1984 to 2007. He also had an armed robbery conviction in 1980 that resulted in probation; a 1998 misdemeanor conviction for check deception; a felony 2008 conviction for receiving stolen property; and probation violation reports filed in 1999, 2000 and 2001, according to prosecutors.
Yet HUD hired him as a GS-13 loan guarantee specialist within the Office of Public and Indian Housing at HUD on May 23, 2011.
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Ray-ciss!
ThUGS allegedly like the SEIU...ANSWER...copying OBAMA
$top the bleeding. DEFUND/DISMANTLE H.U.D.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
BIG GOVERNMENT IS CRONY SOCIALISM
Socialism Is Legal Plunder - Bastiat
Non-ping.
What the Hell is that and why does it exist?
That is like Three Layers of Bureaucracy Deep!
Talk about Bloated Government.
Hey, he should have kept his job!
Congresscritters can be felons; why not federal bureaucrats?
As for his embezzlement, that’s nothing. Congress embezzles huge sums of tax dollars every year.
Nobody robs banks anymore. The crooks all become politicians or government employees. That’s where the real money is.
For every 1 you catch, there are probably 10 that you didn’t.
Absolutely, well said!
Minority loan shakedown specialist.
Probably helped blacks and Indians secure subprime loans.
The same way all the other criminals in Washington land their jobs. By being rats.
U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen said. “This crooked HUD employee (far left) diverted the proceeds of real estate sales from the U.S. Treasury to his own pockets through lies and trickery. He now faces serious prison time as a result of criminal breach of the public trust.” Thompson’s offenses incur a maximum penalty of 20 years, but it looks like he won’t get more than 41 months due to the plea agreement. He is, however, required to pay back a sum $645,700.
http://rare.us/story/you-wont-believe-the-lengths-this-government-worker-went-to-steal-nearly-a-million-dollars-of-your-money/#jWZ8AiwcZXfUBqbO.99
One of Obama’s sons.
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Now HUD officials are scrambling to figure out how he landed his job to cover their sorry asses.
That shows that it's basically impossible for federal employees to get fired.
Did Al Sharpton recommend him? No background check for someone handling money? Definitely recommended by Sharpton!
Yep, without a doubt he had a glorious recommendation from a Rat [HUD] politician.
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