{"id":1156,"date":"2015-11-30T18:26:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2015\/11\/30\/malfeasance-rewarded\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:26:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:26:08","slug":"malfeasance-rewarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1156","title":{"rendered":"Malfeasance Rewarded"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9948,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/cleanupatf.org\\\/forums\\\/index.php?\\\/topic\\\/572-atf-agent-gambles-on-duty-gets-promoted-to-sac&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9949,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.atf.gov\\\/contact\\\/atf-field-divisions&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9950,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.atf.gov\\\/los-angeles-field-division&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9951,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.atf.gov\\\/new-york-field-division&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9952,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.atf.gov\\\/atlanta-field-division&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nImagine if you will that you worked for a large company and were issued both a company car and company-provided credit card. Then imagine what would happen if you decided to use that company car to drive to a casino, to use that company-provided credit card to get a cash advance to buy chips, and you did it all on company time.<\/p>\n<p>You would likely be fired and perhaps even prosecuted for stealing from your employer. Or, at least, that is how it should work in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you were a BATFE Special Agent and you did this, then you just might get promoted to Special Agent in Charge of a Field Division and move into the Senior Executive Service. According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/cleanupatf.org\/forums\/index.php?\/topic\/572-atf-agent-gambles-on-duty-gets-promoted-to-sac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summary report from the DOJ&#8217;s Office of Inspector General posted to CleanUpATF.org,<\/a> that is exactly what happened.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Investigative Summary:<\/i><br \/>\n<u><i>Findings Concerning On-Duty Gambling and Related Misconduct by an ATF Special Agent in<br \/>\nCharge While in a Prior Position<\/i><\/u><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated this investigation based on information from<br \/>\nthe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) alleging that a current Special<br \/>\nAgent in Charge (SAC) gambled on duty and engaged in related misconduct while in a position<br \/>\nwith ATF prior to being promoted.<b> The OIG investigation determined that the SAC gambled on<br \/>\nduty, misused his government travel card to facilitate his gambling, and misused his assigned<br \/>\ngovernment vehicle by using it to travel to casinos. By gambling while on duty, the SAC violated<br \/>\nfederal regulations that prohibit federal employees from gambling while on duty. In addition,<br \/>\nthe SAC violated ATF policy by, among other things, misusing his government travel card to<br \/>\nobtain cash advances to gamble, and using his assigned government vehicle to travel to casinos<br \/>\nto gamble, which is not an \u201cofficial purpose\u201d for which use of the government vehicle is<br \/>\nauthorized.<\/b> <b>Prosecution was declined.<\/b> The OIG provided a report of investigation to ATF for<br \/>\nappropriate action.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So the question remains, which one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atf.gov\/contact\/atf-field-divisions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">25 Special Agents in Charge (SAC) on this list<\/a> is the culprit? Was it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atf.gov\/los-angeles-field-division\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Harden<\/a> in LA, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atf.gov\/new-york-field-division\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delano Reid<\/a> in NYC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atf.gov\/atlanta-field-division\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carl Walker<\/a> in Atlanta, or someone else?<\/p>\n<p>Inquiring minds want to know.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine if you will that you worked for a large company and were issued both a company car and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[371,2042],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-batfe","tag-cleanupatf-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10540,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions\/10540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}