Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Reported Overtime Pay Abuse 30 Years Ago, Concerns Continue Today…

Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent reported overtime pay abuse 30 years ago, concerns continue today: DHS overtime not properly documented, certified

Whistleblowers inside the Department of Homeland Security have come forward to describe chronic falsification of employee time cards within the federal agency.  One said his attempts to address the problem 30 years ago went unanswered.

“I turned myself in,” John Randolph, a former agent with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said in an exclusive interview with The E.W. Scripps Company.  “It was a can of worms 30 years ago. You can imagine what it is now.”

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