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ALBANY—Two attorneys, Carol Hoffman and Phillip Brothman, have had their Retirement System memberships revoked by the state comptroller’s office because they were erroneously reported as employees by school districts.   State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli  also notified Brothman that he must repay $24,077 in pension benefits to the Retirement System.

BRANT LAKE—A Brant Lake man is being held in the Warren County Correctional Facility, accused of taking money to construct a home, failing to complete the agreed upon work and failing to pay suppliers for the materials used. Edward D.

by Damozel | Sometimes you don't know whether to cry or scream. There are many forms of corruption and waste in the government's fulfillment of its functions, and most just make me furious. But the story of Katrina's aftermath is one long chronicle of incompetence piled upon a degree of bureaucratic cluelessness that just boggles the mind.

How To Avoid Extra Credit Card Fees and Surcharges - scambusters.org June 13, 2008 by Bill How To Avoid Extra Credit Card Fees and Surcharges Advice on credit card fees, fake software, contractor scams, puppy scams, travel scams, and photography contest scams… Posted in Crime, Internet,

The Senate Democratic Policy Committee met today in Washington for the 13th time to examine contracting abuse in Iraq and to hear the testimony of former contractors in Iraq, KBR, WWNS & CAPE Environmental.

Mar. 29 Why don't all the Americans who gripe about paying taxes care about this sort of flagrant waste and abuse of the system? D Cupples reports on yet another arms dealer who has allegedly ripped off taxpayers to the tune of hundreds of millions.

Welcome to a post about one of the laziest and most irresponsible stories you're ever going to read in the Washington Post. Not only does this story accept at face value contradictory and easily disproven statements, from the government AND a defense contractor, it fails to do one of the basic things a story should always do, and that is, inform the reader.