A woman named Janet Yamanaka Mello worked as a civilian financial program manager for the U.S. Army in Texas for several years. Now she’s heading into retirement with full federal benefits. This would be an unremarkable story were it not for the side hustle that Mello had been allegedly running. She had been using her position to defraud the Army of a lot of money by siphoning it off to her own personal accounts. Even that might sadly not be seen as all that unusual these days except for the staggering amounts involved. It’s alleged that she defrauded the Army of $100 million dollars, spending the cash on dozens of expensive real estate purchases and a fleet of luxury cars. She’s already admitted to much of it and her attorney claims she will be returning some of the money. So how is she able to draw retirement benefits? Her attorney claims “she earned it.” And the Army…
Massive Fraudster Receives Federal Retirement Benefits – HotAir
