
“Sacred Honor Lost” Recent Cases
Recent cases security officers should know about: Embezzlement/Theft Woman Sentenced for Defrauding Former Employer of More Than $440,000 while working as the bookkeeper and accountant
When the Founding Fathers of the United States of America wrote the Declaration of Independence, they stated at the end of the document:
. . . And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
and then signed their names.
Think about that phrase, “our sacred honor.”
Those that built America considered their reputation and honor so important that they called it “sacred.” Regarding it with reverence, high respect and as equally if not more important than their own life and wealth.
America today has gotten away from considering one’s own reputation, honor and integrity to be sacred.
We read story after story of professional business and government people committing waste, fraud and abuse and sacrificing their honor for greed.
This needs to stop.
Our country is rapidly declining because people don’t consider their own honor to be sacred or to act in an honorable way.
Trust and confidence in professions, companies and government agencies is lost.
We need to realize how big a problem waste, fraud and abuse is and tell people their lives and possessions have NO value if they steal or cheat.
We need to remind people their honor and good reputation is sacred and to never lose it.
The DICE blog will begin monitoring and reporting on cases of people who did not act honorably and thus lost their sacred honor so you can use this as an awareness tool in your organization.
You also need to report Waste, Fraud and Abuse (WFA) to your security, legal, HR or IG’s office. Every federal and state government agency also has a webpage on reporting WFA internally and relevant externally.
Consider also having Ray Semko speak at your organization about our Sacred Honor and the need to stop and report waste, fraud and abuse.
Remember these DICE Principles:
Recent cases security officers should know about: Embezzlement/Theft Woman Sentenced for Defrauding Former Employer of More Than $440,000 while working as the bookkeeper and accountant
Insider fraud costs $3,500,000,000,000 (t-r-i-l-l-i-o-n) and your company is a target. Some facts from this recommended article for security officers: Businesses, on a global basis, experience
Waste, Fraud & Abuse as well as Sacred Honor Lost alert: (Washington Post) A Stafford, Va., woman who prosecutors say concealed her marriage and used her
(DOJ) A Maryland man and his wife were sentenced today for conspiracy to communicate Restricted Data related to the design of nuclear-powered warships. Jonathan Toebbe, 44,
For background information, see Our Sacred Honor page. The links below are to FBI news releases and only cover from 5 September to 25 September 2012. Government
Hot on the heels of his other two reports on government waste (Wastebook 2012, Department of Everything -DOD), Senator Tom Coburn has released yet another report
“Sacred Honor Lost” by those in the DOJ, FBI and elsewhere that allowed this abuse of our American system to happen. Read the Memo: HPSCI
The Department of Defense has issued their “Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure,” in other words, epic Loss of Sacred Honor. It’s not just about DOD employees
Sacred Honor Lost: Special Agent Robert G. Lustyik Jr, a 24-year veteran of the FBI, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $70,000
(DOJ) A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer was sentenced today to 19 years in prison for conspiring to communicate, deliver and transmit national
DOJ Press Release (10 Feb 14): Former Sailor Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Attempted Espionage Robert Patrick Hoffman II, 40, of Virginia Beach,
Everyone of these people who stole, lied, cheated, scammed, swindled or otherwise tried to gain financially through conducting Waste, Fraud and Abuse (WFA) have lost their
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