Monday, October 06, 2008

Federal Worker Pleads Guilty in Overtime Scheme A federal Forest Service analyst has pleaded guilty to claiming more than $280,000 in fraudulent overtime in the last five years, federal prosecutors said today. Forty-six-year-old Karen Burroughs agreed to resign as a management analyst after her plea today in U.S. District Court in Washington. The Washington woman told authorities she fraudulent claimed overtime on weekends and holidays she didn't work. Prosecutors say the fraud started in 2003 and ended in July, allowing Burroughs to receive more than $280,000....Almost $60,000 a year in overtime and no one noticed?

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