Former ITT employee Delmus Scott Jr. guilty of theft at APO

Posted on: January 28th, 2012 at 4:39 pm — by Forseti
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, Postmaster Convicted of Stealing $565,000 in Money Orders

(FBI) – January 27, 2012 – HOUSTON – Delmus Eugene Scott, Jr., 34, of Humble, Texas, has pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government money, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Scott was the former , which is the equivalent to a postmaster in the United States.

Scott was employed by a contractor of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for providing postal services to U.S. military personnel deployed in Kuwait. Scott’s responsibilities included conducting and reporting financial transactions at the Army Post Office (APO) on a daily basis, to include the procurement and sale of U.S. Postal Service money orders. As the COPE, Scott had full autonomy to order blank money orders directly from the U.S. Postal Service distribution center.

(Read the rest of the story here…)

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Please dream with caution in 2012

Posted on: January 1st, 2012 at 9:14 am — by Ms Sparky
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I urge you to use caution

when you hope and dream this new year,

because my new year’s wish is that all your

hopes and dreams come true.

Wishing you ALL a happy, healthy and prosperous 2012.

~Ms Sparky & Forseti~

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Military sorts through material from Iraq drawdown

Posted on: December 28th, 2011 at 8:58 am — by Forseti
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Michael O’Connell – (Federal News Radio) – December 27, 2011 – The drawdown from is in its final stages. We know how the troops are getting home, but how is all the stuff getting back to the U.S?

“At the height of the drawdown, we were estimating that there were probably about 44,000 containers worth of stuff still in country that needed to come out,” said , director of disposition services at Defense Logistics Agency. “We’re talking about a wide variety of a lot of things, from nuts and bolts to MRAPs [mine resistant ambush protected armored fighting vehicles].”

Gonzales joined The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris on Friday to discuss DLA’s role in processing the material coming out of Iraq.

“The military services are responsible for determining how they’re going to get the stuff out of country,” Gonzales said. “The things that they feel that need to come out, the things that were going to be shifted over to the Iraqis and then those things that weren’t worth bringing out and would be taken care of in country.”

(Read the rest of the story here…)

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from MsSparky.com

Posted on: December 24th, 2011 at 7:48 am — by Ms Sparky
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During this Holiday season, all of us at MsSparky.com would like to lay down the saber for one day and extend sincere wishes of joy and happiness to friend and foe alike. This is a time when all differences should be put aside and focus set on family and friends.

A special wish of peace and safety to our military personnel serving at home and abroad, their families at home and the civilians who support them.

Merry and Happy Holidays from Ms Sparky & Forseti

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Recruiting SCAM uses KBR name to swindle job seekers

Posted on: November 10th, 2011 at 1:27 pm — by Ms Sparky
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We first posted warnings nearly two years ago regarding recruiting scams targeting those who may desire to work for major defense contractors such as Fluor, DynCorp and . During this time of economic disaster in the States, those desperate for work may be more likely to disregard warnings in hopes the offers are legitimate, therefore setting themselves up for identity theft and financial ruin.

According to a recent article from WBJFedBiz Daily, identity thieves are still setting their sites on those who want to work for KBR.

Fraudsters out to steal money and private information from those hoping to land work are using the name of KBR Inc.  in their .

KBR, an engineering and construction company based in Houston and with a primary office in Arlington, posted a notice on its website acknowledging that “fraudulent employment offers are being transmitted via email by people claiming to be employees or representatives of KBR.” According to the notice, prospective candidates are provided salary information, instructed to obtain immigration documents and pay application/processing fees, which will supposedly be reimbursed.

“Please be advised that these communications are FRAUDULENT and are NOT sent from anyone within or affiliated with KBR,” the notice stated. “These email messages are a scam and should be treated as such.”

Those that receive such notices are instructed to contact local law enforcement and to forward the messages to ReportFraud@kbr.com.

A company spokeswoman said that — by policy —no information about KBR is released, including employment numbers for the D.C. metro area. The company’s Arlington office is located at 2451 Crystal Drive. (click HERE for the original article)

If anyone has one of these fraudulent emails they’ve received stating they are recruiting on KBR’s behalf, please send it. I’d like to post it for all to see.

There are few things I despise more than liars and thieves, especially identity thieves.

Ms Sparky

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USACE awards KBR, Louis Berger and IAP $490M electrical contracts in Afghanistan…..Really?

Posted on: November 8th, 2011 at 12:21 pm — by Ms Sparky
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On September 30, 2011 , along with and Worldwide Services, Inc. were awarded contracts by the The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide electrical services for contingency operations in . This $490 million dollar contract is to perform electrical services for prime power operations in support of any location within the Afghan Theater of Operations. This contract supports any and all U.S. facilities in , as required, up to the maximum capacity of $500 million.

The contract includes generator set Operations and Maintenance (O&M), preparation, transport, installation, preventive maintenance, scheduled maintenance, emergency maintenance, service, fueling, relocating and recovering generator sets, associated fuel systems (if required), and all transmission/distribution system maintenance including the underground or overhead system at the U.S. Facilities from the generators to the transformer and associated switchgear.

USACE, who has had their own employee issues lately, acts as if there are no other contractors out there who can do this work! Not to mention, I suspect these three contractors will load up on cheap third world or Afghan labor to perform this work instead of licensed electricians, further propagating US sponsored human trafficking.

Let’s take a look at these contractors one by one. (Read the rest of the story here…)

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Obama announces end of Iraq war, troops to return home by year end

Posted on: October 21st, 2011 at 12:11 pm — by Forseti
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announced Friday that the United States will withdraw nearly all troops from by the end of the year, effectively bringing the long and polarizing war in to an end.
“After nearly 9 years, America’s war in Iraq will be over,” said Mr. Obama.

He said the last American troops will depart the country by January 1 “with their heads held high, proud of their success, and knowing that the American people stand united in our support for our troops.”

“The transition in is moving forward, and our troops are finally coming home,” he added, saying in the White House briefing room that U.S. troops “will definitely be home for the holidays.”

(Read the rest of the story here…)

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