Prison Time For Federal Employee In Cancer Scam
ktvu.com     May 11, 2008            

SACRAMENTO -- A former federal worker has been sentenced to a year in prison for vacation fraud. Robert Joseph Thom persuaded federal employees nationwide to donate nearly 1,000 hours of their own paid leave so he could take time off for fictitious cancer treatments. The... [read full story]                

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