Post by Logan on Jun 7, 2016 19:14:56 GMT -6
Seattle federal worker who exposed veteran’s fraud on defensive
SEATTLE – A federal employee in Seattle helped expose a fraud in which an Army veteran lied his way to a Purple Heart and hundreds of thousands of dollars in government benefits.
Her reward?
The agency Cristina Jackson works for repeatedly tried to punish her for what it said were violations of the man’s privacy, according to an AP review of hundreds of pages of personnel and investigative records.
U.S. Commerce Department officials proposed suspending her for at least a month – even as they reached one of two settlements with the veteran. Darryl Lee Wright was paid for skipped work and legal fees he incurred complaining about a hostile work environment.
They tried to downgrade Jackson’s annual rating, then proposed a shorter suspension.
Read more: www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jun/07/seattle-federal-worker-who-exposed-veterans-fraud-/
SEATTLE – A federal employee in Seattle helped expose a fraud in which an Army veteran lied his way to a Purple Heart and hundreds of thousands of dollars in government benefits.
Her reward?
The agency Cristina Jackson works for repeatedly tried to punish her for what it said were violations of the man’s privacy, according to an AP review of hundreds of pages of personnel and investigative records.
U.S. Commerce Department officials proposed suspending her for at least a month – even as they reached one of two settlements with the veteran. Darryl Lee Wright was paid for skipped work and legal fees he incurred complaining about a hostile work environment.
They tried to downgrade Jackson’s annual rating, then proposed a shorter suspension.
Read more: www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jun/07/seattle-federal-worker-who-exposed-veterans-fraud-/