VA removed cop's arrest authority and gun, and he now is at a desk job, with his status "pending administrative action."

NOTE from Larry Scott, VA Watchdog dot Org ... This person has admitted wrongdoing and he still has a job?  He's drawing VA pay "pending administrative action."  This is just another example of what's wrong with the VA system.

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VA officer charged with misusing government-issued credit card

By Eliot Kleinberg
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime/va-officer-charged
-with-misusing-government-issued-credit-335048.html

A police officer at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Riviera Beach is charged with withdrawing cash on his government-issued credit card, prosecutors said today.

Mashawn King, 25, of Palm Beach Gardens, was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail about 9 a.m. today and is expected to have a bond hearing Wednesday morning.

King is charged with grand theft of more than $300 and organized scheme to defraud, each punishable by up to five years in prison, Palm Beach County State Attorney Michael McAuliffe said in a release.

According to an affidavit by the VA's criminal investigation division, King was issued a U.S. government travel card on Dec. 11, 2008 that was to be used only for official travel.

In July 2009, after the administration contacted King about not paying his account, he reported he'd fraudulently used the card, making a single charge for $1,200.

Investigators later determined King had made 13 separate cash advances, totaling $1,632, between April 16, 2009, and May 25, 2009, the affidavit said.

King had worked as an officer for the VA since Sept., 28, 2008, medical center spokesman Mary Ann Goodman said.

She said the facility removed King's arrest authority and gun in mid-February and he now is at a desk job, with his status "pending administrative action."

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