The $64,000 question...
Sep. 22nd, 2002 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
reynardoA certain member of a workplace I was part of has now been charged with spending $64,000 over the last 3 years on the corporate credit card on 109 visits to brothels.
Which means that over 4 years he spent an average of $20,000 per year on the joys of the flesh, covering it up apparently with fake invoices detailing the purchase of computer books, office equipment, etc.
Word has it that his wife tipped off the department's Audit branch, telling them to keep an eye on credit card purchases. Audit turned up and started going through the records for all users - of whom there were many. And oh dear - a break-in occurred at this officer's home and another at his office, and the items stolen were the ones he'd (supposedly) bought on the credit card...
He was about two levels up the ladder from me, the director of finance and computing.
He was caught when a staff member was checking through the receipts looking for something odd on the slips. Apparently one of the slips' provider numbers was smudged, so the clerk rang the company to get it. The number reached a brothel. She felt she must have misdialled, so she tried again. Same result. At this point she went to the supervisor and the hunt was on.
The $64,000 covers just those occasions the department's tracked down. There could be more. He's now been officially charged, has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.
And I'm fuming because the reason I left work was becuase they couldn't provide a proper replacement for me when I went part-time to study as well. And I couldn't physically cope with the workload and home.
The reason they couldn't provide a proper replacement? There was no money for it.
So what's the $64,000 question?
At $64,000 for 109 visits, that's almost $600 per visit. What the fuck sort of services was he getting for that? That's top-level, that's three-at-once, that's a lady in leather - that's one hell of a fuck.
Yes, I'm angry - what makes you ask?
Which means that over 4 years he spent an average of $20,000 per year on the joys of the flesh, covering it up apparently with fake invoices detailing the purchase of computer books, office equipment, etc.
Word has it that his wife tipped off the department's Audit branch, telling them to keep an eye on credit card purchases. Audit turned up and started going through the records for all users - of whom there were many. And oh dear - a break-in occurred at this officer's home and another at his office, and the items stolen were the ones he'd (supposedly) bought on the credit card...
He was about two levels up the ladder from me, the director of finance and computing.
He was caught when a staff member was checking through the receipts looking for something odd on the slips. Apparently one of the slips' provider numbers was smudged, so the clerk rang the company to get it. The number reached a brothel. She felt she must have misdialled, so she tried again. Same result. At this point she went to the supervisor and the hunt was on.
The $64,000 covers just those occasions the department's tracked down. There could be more. He's now been officially charged, has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.
And I'm fuming because the reason I left work was becuase they couldn't provide a proper replacement for me when I went part-time to study as well. And I couldn't physically cope with the workload and home.
The reason they couldn't provide a proper replacement? There was no money for it.
So what's the $64,000 question?
At $64,000 for 109 visits, that's almost $600 per visit. What the fuck sort of services was he getting for that? That's top-level, that's three-at-once, that's a lady in leather - that's one hell of a fuck.
Yes, I'm angry - what makes you ask?
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Date: 2002-09-23 07:45 am (UTC)Wagering time?
64,000 $
Date: 2002-09-23 11:37 am (UTC)Jail the bastards!
Shake them until the money comes loose! Put 'em to work at minimun wage until the debts are paid off!
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Re: 64,000 $
Date: 2011-08-23 04:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-09-23 06:29 pm (UTC)What a world, no?