Former White House supervisor charged with embezzling

The Washington Post ^ | January 20, 2016 | Ann E. Marimow

[Cincinatus' Wife]

A former White House switchboard supervisor was charged Wednesday with embezzling thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds by manipulating an employee's time sheets.

Prosecutors accuse Andrea Turk of Upper Marlboro of stealing nearly $11,000 by funneling money through an employee she supervised.

Turk, 46, was director of switchboard operations at the White House, supervising 15 operators, from 2009 until she was fired in August 2013. Her duties included overseeing employee work schedules and approving overtime hours, according to federal court records filed Wednesday in Washington.

The alleged thefts began in early 2012, according to an FBI affidavit, when Turk called an employee into her office for a private meeting. Turk told the employee that she was having financial troubles.

She had bills to pay, according to the affidavit, and told the employee, "I'm going to need your help."

According to prosecutors, Turk altered the time sheet of the employee to reflect overtime hours the employee had not worked. The employee, identified in court records as Employee A, paid Turk a portion of the unearned overtime pay.

The employee told investigators that Turk padded her time sheet as many as 20 times during a one-year period. Employee A paid Turk between $100 and $600 each time - first in cash and later through online transfers to Turk's bank account.

[ronnie raygun]

Affirmative action a holes in control of departments who run them like little thiefdoms for thier personal use. We need to end this sh##

[Bigg Red]

If they would put women in charge these things wouldn’t happen. ..oh, wait....

[a fool in paradise]

Well there wasn’t much silverware left to pilfer.

[hoosiermama]

She could have been a doctor. An OBAMACARE doctor !

[moovova]

$11,000.

So...not...worth...it.

[Duckdog]

When you steal, steal big.

[bert]

soylendra

if it ain’t half a billion, it ain’t worth the effort

[PeterPrinciple]

Her duties included overseeing (15)employee work schedules and approving overtime hours

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sounds like her total job was theft.

[Chad N. Freud]

"Turk is a master's of applied social science..." . . . . She's certainly a master of it, at any rate. And a perfect embodiment.

[unixfox]

Turk told the employee that she was having financial troubles.

Obviously they weren't paying her enough. I'm sure she was working way too many hours, had way too many responsibilities and probably needed free childcare.

This poor woman has been through hell!