Ridgewood Meter thief not the only
Updated June 04, 2017
Posted June 04, 2017
These public workers, including teachers, city clerks, and public figures, have been accused of stealing and scamming state money. In many cases, that feat became possible when individuals obtained sole access to accounts holding public funds.
Some have been sentenced to probation or time behind bars, while others’ cases remain active. Below are 15 incidents in which workers were accused of theft.
These are just the ones who got caught. How many more got away with it?
No organization should tempt people by giving them full access to the entire account. You never know you might have (or develop) a gambling addiction, say. It’s not 1950 any more (and it probably happened then, too).
Freudian slip: No organization should tempt people by giving them full access to the entire account. You never know ***WHO*** might have (or develop) a gambling addiction, say. It’s not 1950 any more (and it probably happened then, too).
And this doesn’t even include the RW Quarter Thief.
Interesting array/divergence of amounts stolen and sentences imposed – some slapped on the wrist for stealing a fortune, others jailed for years for stealing a loaf of bread??!!
Javert!
Kids in Paterson go to jail for stealing a candy bar. Tommy boy walked after stealing half a million. This is justice?