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Unfortunately I believe that we are limited in what we can focus on. I think that if we proceed with the partisan sideshow of prosecuting Bush admin. officials, healthcare will get lost in the brouhaha.
The Washington Post's permanent investigative unit was set up in 1982 under Bob Woodward.
D.C. Tax Scam Grows
Harriette Walters is accused
of masterminding the alleged
scam. (Credit: D.C. Government)
When Harriette Walters, former manager of the D.C. tax office was arrested in November, prosecutors told a judge she had helped steal $20 million in fraudulent refund checks since 2004. In December, an analysis by The Washington Post found that $44.3 million in suspicious property tax refund checks had been issued by the office from 1999 to 2007.
Now, sources say the total is nearing $50 million and the thefts go back nearly 20 years. The Post's Carol Leonnig reports that two sources said Walters gave lavish gifts, including $35,000 to a co-worker who wanted to remodel her house and $25,000 in cash and gifts to an assistant.
By The Editors |
February 20, 2008; 9:47 AM ET
D.C. Region
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I hope this thief is going away for Life!!