WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigations by the Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog yielded the arrests of 146 workers and grant recipients and identified $18.5 million in unsupported costs during a six-month period that began last fall.
Fines, restitutions and other funds recovered as a result of the investigations totaled $106 million over the six months, the report showed. Of $27.6 million in costs questioned by investigators, $18.5 million were found to be unsupported. Of the 146 arrests, 65 employees, contractors or grant recipients were indicted and 43 convicted. Additionally, 24 personnel actions were taken.
Well, this type of bureaucratic nightmare must be what breeds such an astute attention to detail. Good thing the administration's focused on a smaller more streamlined government.
Boston — On April 25, Gregory Despres arrived at the U.S.-Canada border crossing at Calais, Me., carrying a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, brass knuckles and a chain saw stained with what appeared to be blood. U.S. customs agents confiscated the weapons and fingerprinted Mr. Despres.Then they let him into the United States.
The next day, a gruesome scene was discovered in Mr. Despres's hometown of Minto, N.B. The decapitated body of 74-year-old country musician Frederick Fulton was found on Mr. Fulton's kitchen floor.