FEMA employee pleads guilty to embezzlement

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  federal_agencies_legislative An employee in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) pleaded guilty to embezzling $143,000 from the agency between 2009 and 2011 using the agency’s Special Payroll Processing System. Sheila Ann Howard’s guilty plea was announced on Nov. 20 by U.S. attorney for the District…

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Home Depot employee charged in bomb extortion plot

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  access_control_identification A 50-year-old Long Island man was charged with trying to extort $2 million from home improvement retailer Home Depot using pipe bombs planted in a store in Huntington, NY. Daniel Sheehan has been charged with extortion and use of a destructive device in an…

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