SACRAMENTO, California — A former federal worker who persuaded employees nationwide to donate nearly 1,000 hours of their own paid leave so he could take time off for fictitious cancer treatments pleaded guilty to fraud Friday.
Robert Joseph Thom, 45, of Oceanside, admitted guilt for 10 counts of wire fraud that carry a combined sentence of up to 20 years in prison. He is to be sentenced Feb. 8 in U.S. District Court.
Thom was an information technology specialist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Southern California when he signed up nearly a year ago for a national donor list. He falsely claimed that he had undergone "multiple urgent surgeries for the removal of malignant tumors," according to court records. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Go To Meeting
Robert Joseph Thom, 45, of Oceanside, admitted guilt for 10 counts of wire fraud that carry a combined sentence of up to 20 years in prison. He is to be sentenced Feb. 8 in U.S. District Court.
Thom was an information technology specialist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Southern California when he signed up nearly a year ago for a national donor list. He falsely claimed that he had undergone "multiple urgent surgeries for the removal of malignant tumors," according to court records. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Go To Meeting
