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Topic: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal

Brother_Tempus Title: Patriot Posts: 48,624 Registered: Jan 9, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 48,310 User ID: 61,868	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	Of course if there were non-government employees they would be going to jail, but the political class in the US is part of the oligarchy and thus are more equal than anyone else ... And so they are just fired, nothing more http://mobile.courant.com/p.p?m=b&a=rp&id=1786268&postId=1786268&postUserId=47 The food stamp fraud scandal has now led to the firings of 27 state employees and the retirements of 10 others, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced announced Monday afternoon. In addition, five state employees have resigned their positions instead of going through the long process of hearings and arbitration in order to try to save their jobs. All 42 employees who have left state service are potentially subject to criminal sanctions, but no arrests have been announced. â€œWhen we announced this investigation, we said that allegations of fraud by state employees would not be tolerated,â€ Malloy said Monday in a statement. â€œWhile this is certainly not something anyone should take joy in, the people of Connecticut should know we are serious about running a government that honestly serves them.â€ He added, â€œWeâ€™ve said all along that we were working with our partners at the state and federal level, and now weâ€™re seeing positive results for our taxpayers. We will continue with this investigation until we have taken appropriate action against any employee that knowingly defrauded this federal program.â€ The employees were fired because the Malloy administration says they falsified their financial information when applying for emergency food stamp benefits under the federal Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is known as D-SNAP. The program began following Tropical Storm Irene, which ravaged the state and knocked out electrical power to thousands in late August. The emergency money was designed not only to replace lost food, but could also to cover storm-related expenses like property repairs and temporary housing costs such as hotels. Actual food stamps are no longer issued, and recipients instead received debit cards with a specified amount of money allocated to the account. After saying for months that about 800 state employees were involved, Malloy announced Monday afternoon that an additional 250 state employees had filled out applications for benefits. As such, an overall total of 1,053 state employees actually sought to receive emergency benefits. So far, 128 state employees have been referred to their supervisors for potential disciplinary hearings. Of the more than 1,000 state employees involved, 685 have been cleared of any wrongdoing, according to a previous count by the Malloy administration. -----signature----- You win ACF, dude - Osmenthe BT is usually right - Onslaught i think we need more BT on page 1 - FighterUSAF Yep, BT is right - Aerlinthian Got guns & ammo? Food? Precious metals?
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Aerlinthian Posts: 66,222 Registered: May 7, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 65,491 User ID: 94,919	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	Mother Russia would be proud. -----signature----- (none)
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Abaddon_Ambrosius Title: Retired Theurgist TL Posts: 25,187 Registered: Dec 21, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 25,057 User ID: 568,022	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	Typical apologists posted: My goodness it MUST be an anomaly, with just 1 or 2 bad apples... Article posted: 800 employees... Typical apologists posted: Uhm... gottago... I think my roast is burning osementhe... -----signature----- In the immortal words of Socrates - "I drank what?" "God you guys suck at the internet - how can you fail to locate porn?!" - Eternal_Midnight "Knowing means nothing." - Fat-badger
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Sgian_Dubh Posts: 10,339 Registered: Apr 7, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 10,142 User ID: 788,270	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	lol. So the state government is literally just legitimizing the claims, either through investigation or by firing people. Either way, you three are still fucking retarded for celebrating this. -----signature----- "You'll rue the day you crossed me Trebek!"
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paulg_68 Posts: 30,961 Registered: Jul 27, '09 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 30,669 User ID: 1,364,918	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	Speaking of retards, where did you get the idea that anyone was celebrating? I think you're projecting. -----signature----- If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc "Everyone has a chance to become rich." - Groucho48 "Most of the human wealth on earth exists between the ears of live human beings." - theredkay1
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Phlegm573 Posts: 14,133 Registered: Jun 12, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 12,216 User ID: 687,948	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	-----signature----- "I try to make men-only kinship?" - bstulic "It takes balls to execute an innocent man." - actual Republican voter http://tinyurl.com/6p8a7rp - summary of Israel vs. Palestine
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Sin_of_Onin Posts: 35,113 Registered: Jun 29, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 23,763 User ID: 1,062,657	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	It is completely crazy that these people did this. They totally screwed up their lives over a couple hundred bucks. Crazy. As for the 800 or 1000 number, as the article says that is the number of state employees who applied for the benefit not how many were guilty of falsifying their information. There is no justification for lying. It also seems that the system is working as intended. -----signature----- "Okay... I'm with you fellas" --Delmar F is for Fake-believe "We apologise for the inconvenience" --God "What Jesus fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem"--Reg Run, Forrest! Run!
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Kjarhall Title: The Pungent One Posts: 29,212 Registered: Mar 1, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 23,233 User ID: 652,381	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	Brother_Tempus posted: Of course if there were non-government employees they would be going to jail... You're sure about that huh? -----signature----- You're a crazy moron* *http://vnboards.ign.com/outpost/b22180/115147923/r115151508/ hah! true story tho i'm a woman an i even love boobs..how can you not??- HallowEve
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Sin_of_Onin Posts: 35,113 Registered: Jun 29, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 23,763 User ID: 1,062,657	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	Kjarhall posted: Brother_Tempus posted: Of course if there were non-government employees they would be going to jail... You're sure about that huh? Actually non-government employees from the pharmaceutical companies were caught stealing billions and were not sent to jail. -----signature----- "Okay... I'm with you fellas" --Delmar F is for Fake-believe "We apologise for the inconvenience" --God "What Jesus fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem"--Reg Run, Forrest! Run!
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theredkay1 Posts: 6,731 Registered: May 16, '08 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 6,729 User ID: 1,297,378	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	I doubt very many people are thrown in jail for small dollar food stamp fraud. Raising taxes to pay for the litigation and jail costs of these dangerous food stamp cheaters doesnt seem like a good tradeoff. -----signature----- (none)
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Kjarhall Title: The Pungent One Posts: 29,212 Registered: Mar 1, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 23,233 User ID: 652,381	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	Sin_of_Onin posted: Kjarhall posted: Brother_Tempus posted: Of course if there were non-government employees they would be going to jail... You're sure about that huh? Actually non-government employees from the pharmaceutical companies were caught stealing billions and were not sent to jail. Yeah, it was rhetorical. There are plenty of examples of non-government employees that have only been fired, not jailed for equivalent action. -----signature----- You're a crazy moron* *http://vnboards.ign.com/outpost/b22180/115147923/r115151508/ hah! true story tho i'm a woman an i even love boobs..how can you not??- HallowEve
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paulg_68 Posts: 30,961 Registered: Jul 27, '09 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 30,669 User ID: 1,364,918	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	I'm satisfied with seeing these guys fired. I don't need to see them jailed. Maybe hitting them with a fine too would be good. Dock their retirement plans 10%. -----signature----- If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc "Everyone has a chance to become rich." - Groucho48 "Most of the human wealth on earth exists between the ears of live human beings." - theredkay1
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 38,362 Registered: Sep 20, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 31,453 User ID: 718,633	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	BT is stupid as usual. If someone in the private sector lied to get a couple hundred bucks of food stamp money most employers wouldn't even fire them and they certainly wouldn't be thrown in jail or charged with any crime. -----signature----- (none)
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SoBaKi Posts: 13,052 Registered: Feb 26, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 10,473 User ID: 650,555	Subject: CT State Employees : 27 Fired, 10 Retirements, 5 Resignations In Food Stamp Fraud Scandal
	brother_asshole_1 posted: THE SKY IS FALLING! brother_asshole_2 posted: DUCK AND COVER! brother_asshole_3 posted: I LOVE YOU GUYS! -----signature----- "Do what you can, where you are, with what you have." - Teddy Roosevelt Know god, know sin. No god, no sin. Dogs are animals.
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