"Army Scammed Into Buying Golf Balls" GOOD GRIEF!

[in_cog_ni_to]

This makes my blood boil.:grr:


Army Scammed Into Buying Golf Balls
By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press Writer

BALTIMORE - On paper, the U.S. Army was supposed to be getting "a ball bearing assortment" for $1,409. It was bad enough that the order form marked up the price from $682.50. But there was something about the order that was way out of bounds: It was for 420 golf balls for a civilian employee at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Douglas Atwell is now facing up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court Wednesday to bribery in a scam to defraud the government.<snip>


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By processing the invoices, Atwell received a Dell computer, which was falsely described in an invoice as "electrical assortment parts LP 5002." It was marked up from $1,973 to $2,485.

He also received a shed, disguised on invoices as a "large hardware assortment." It was marked up from $2,840 to $6,521.

Silbersack received more than $78,000 in commissions for sales to Atwell's government credit card.

More than $288,000 worth of merchandise was delivered to Silbersack's house or picked up outside the base, prosecutors said.<snip>

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[aquart]

1. 15 years seems fair.

As long as he serves every damn day.

[Ian David]

2. "Recto-vaginal double-penetrating tool assortment with tourque generator," $2,193 n/t

[tridim]

3. Tip of the iceberg IMO

This guy is small potatoes compared to the real war profiteers like Halliburton.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. No doubt about it.

Just wait until the Halliburton, Cheney and his ilk are exposed. This small potato gets 15 years. Cheney should get LIFE.

[Horse with no Name]

6. I am anti-death penalty

But with Cheney and Bush and Rumsfeld, et al, I will make an exception.

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. That's MY exception to the rule too.

Those people I will make an exception for. If anyone deserves the Death Penalty, it's them.

[ComerPerro]

7. everyone knows what they are doing, no one cares

[thingfisher]

5. My sentiments exactly.

There is so much opportunity for fraud in the government, esp. the military. Wasn't it Rumsfeld who on Sept. 10th 2001 admitted that the Pentagon could not account for some 2 (?) trillion dollars?
Those generals do play a lot of golf on governmnet maintained courses all over the world.

[hamletsophelia]

9. why and how does something like this happen?

the military is stretched, blame it on the war:):-
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