{"id":67325,"date":"2016-08-07T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=67325"},"modified":"2016-08-07T08:29:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T12:29:46","slug":"robert-gingell-va-employee-defrauds-taxpayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67325","title":{"rendered":"Robert Gingell VA employee defrauds taxpayers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to Daily Caller<\/a>, there was this guy, Robert Gingell, who was a GS-15 at the Veterans’ Affairs Department who didn’t bother to show up for work for six months while he started his dream-business. He pretended to be sick and unable to come to his office, and drew his paycheck, continuing to stockpile “sick days” that he eventually cashed in when he retired;<\/p>\n

He submitted a doctor\u2019s note to VA saying he couldn\u2019t work, but, \u201calthough the heading on the note reflected a legitimate medical practice, the signature on the note was unrecognizable as either of the named practitioners,\u201d according to the IG. After bosses became skeptical about how long-running the illness was, he said he eventually became well enough to work, but unable to commute and thus needed to work from home.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, until another VA employee started making inquiries which resulted in an Inspector General investigation.<\/p>\n

[W]hen the IG subpoenaed his store\u2019s business records, Gingell immediately \u201cappeared at an HR Specialist\u2019s office with retirement forms completed and signed, asking that his retirement be effective\u201d immediately instead, the IG said.<\/p>\n

At that point, the IG announced that \u201cwe are administratively closing this allegation, as Mr. Gingell retired from VA effective September 21, 2015,\u201d with no further actions planned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, miraculously, he’s recovered from his ailment now that he has a business which is nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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