FBI Agent Busted for Lodging Expense Fraud

A press release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia describes how an FBI agent came to violate the law:

According to plea documents, Shim, while on a temporary duty assignment from the  FBI’s Newark, N.J. office, submitted a series of false documents to FBI Headquarters for  reimbursement for claimed lodging expenses.  Shim falsely represented that he was renting a room in Beltsville, Maryland from May 2008 through July 2009, when, in fact, he was
principally residing  with his family in Olney, Maryland.  The false documents submitted by
Shim to the FBI included two fabricated “Rental Agreements” with forged signatures of a
fictitious landlord. Through the submission of these false documents, Shim unlawfully received
$41,658.57.  FBI internal controls discovered the irregularities that led to the OIG/FBI joint
investigation and, ultimately, Shim’s plea.