Guest KING BLING Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A former adviser to President Bush was arrested this week in Maryland and charged with swindling two department stores out of more than $5,000 in a refund scam. Montgomery County police said Claude Allen, 45, was arrested Thursday and charged with carrying out a felony theft scheme at Target and Hecht's stores. He was released on his own recognizance. Conviction on the charges can result in a 15-year prison sentence. Authorities accuse Allen of going to stores on more than 25 occasions and buying items, taking them to his car and then returning to the store with his receipt where he would carry out the alleged scam. "He would select the same items he had just purchased, and then return them for a refund. Allen is known to have conducted approximately 25 of these types of refunds, having the money credited to his credit cards," a statement from Montgomery County police said. The items ranged from a Bose theater system to a photo printer to clothing to small items valued at $2.50, police said. Allen resigned without explanation in early February as Bush's top domestic political adviser. Allen had long been a darling among the conservative right -- and Bush had even nominated him to be a federal appeals court judge in 2003, but Democrats blocked the move. In announcing Allen's resignation, Bush called him a "trusted adviser" who helped "develop policies that will strengthen our nation's families, schools and communities." "Claude is a good and compassionate man, and he has my deep respect and my gratitude. I thank him for his many years of principled and dedicated service to our country," Bush said in a statement issued on February 9. According to police, on January 2, a Target manager at a store in Gaithersburg observed Allen in the store with an empty Target bag in a shopping cart. "The man was then seen selecting merchandise throughout the store and placing items in the Target bag. He put additional items in his cart. The man then went to guest services where he produced a receipt and received a refund for the items he had just selected from the store shelves. After receiving the refund, he left the store without paying for the additional merchandise in the shopping cart," the police statement said. He was apprehended by the store employee, and police were contacted. "Through the police investigation it was learned that Allen had been receiving refunds in an amount exceeding $5,000 during last year," the statement said. Allen made $161,000 in his role as Bush's top domestic policy adviser, according to government records. ...this was just funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yum Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 hahahaha good to see wholesome characters have the ear of the top man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 man, that's not even enough to fund a crank habit... what a cheapskate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KING BLING Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 The spin begins - I guess the guy has a twin brother and "friends have implied the confusion might be his doing" - this is from NPR. The best part is this guy is the main supervisor of programs such as the Faith Based initiatives... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 ah, nice touch... a new spin on the evil twin... I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelofdeath Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 hahhahaa, faith initiatives dude doing return scams. classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaBar2 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Here's our boy, the "Deputy Director of Human Services.". Scroll down to the ninth picture. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-...ortion_1-2.html Here's another one. "Crowning Teens with Character Through Abstinence" LOL LOL LOL. Asshole. http://www.projectreality.org/reception.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonesome Cowboy Bill Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 ok I get it he's just a black man...its a hard habit to break I guess, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillysiphilis Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I love it! I was going to post the article when I first heard about it. It reminded me of something one of my shady friends would do. An aide to the president would have been the last person I would have suspected. Maybe he just felt like his life was too boring, who knows. Wynona Rider must share the same motives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedish erotica Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaBar2 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Black man, schmack man, the guy works in the fucking White House and he's so goddamned stupid that he goes around ripping off K-Marts and Target stores? WHAT AN IDIOT. At the very least he ought to be hitting stores in the Galleria for Christ's sake. How humiliating is that going to be when he gets to prison? "Yo, what up, dog? Ain't chew the nigga what work up in the White House and shit? Whatchew in for?" "Defrauding a Target store." "Defrauding a mothafucking Target store! Shit, I won't even DRIVE PAST a Target store mothafucka! What the fuck is WRONG with you? You sure you ain't white?" "No." "You sure." "Yes, I'm sure." "Well, you dumb enough to be white. Nex' thing you gon tell me you shops at Wal-Mart." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
why write? Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 ^ HAHAHAH i love that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KING BLING Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I don't. Kabar, do all black people talk like that or just the pretend ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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