Air National Guard colonel charged with 110 criminal counts

[Chopstick]

This is so upsetting. This base has been on the chopping block and there has been talk more than once of closing the commissary there. And this guy goes and pulls this garbage. It is such a slap in the face to the many many people that serve honorably on that base.

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/r...with-110-criminal-counts/stories/201403050177

An Air National Guard colonel who had the run of the 171st Air Refueling Wing and a Guard contractor from Maryland are accused of engaging in a complex fraud scheme that may have earned them as much as $300,000 in illicit payments.

Air National Guard Col. Gerard Mangis, 59, of Shaler was arrested Wednesday, one day after being indicted on 110 counts of conspiracy, honest service wire fraud, false claims against the United States and theft of government property.

A former National Guard Bureau civilian financial analyst, Robert St. Clair, 50, of Bel Air, Md., was charged with 10 counts of conspiracy, false claims and theft of government property. As part of the scheme, Col. Mangis made Mr. St. Clair a tech sergeant attached to the 171st, according to federal prosecutors.

 

[Evans]

Are you serious! What is wrong with people anymore? I mean I know the economy is pretty rough now days, but come on..If I can pay all of my bills on E-3 pay, surely you can live a more than happy life as an O-6. This is why I hate people.....

 

[DA SWO]

Says he was a technician, that's a GS not military pay scale.

So does he lose his GS retirement, or just his Guard Retirement?

 

[AWP]

This is why I hate people.....

You are halfway to fitting in around here.

 

[Evans]

You are halfway to fitting in around here.

Im working on it, desk job hasn't made me soft yet.