New York Public Personnel Law: Disciplinary hearing held in absentia

June 01, 2015

Disciplinary hearing held in absentia

Disciplinary hearing held in absentia

OATH Index No. 1114/15.

Following a default hearing, Administrative Law Judge Astrid B. Gloade found that petitioner proved charges that respondent, a job opportunity specialist, was AWOL and defrauded his employer.

The undisputed proof showed that respondent issued rental assistance checks to persons who were not landlords and who were not entitled to the funds. The proof further showed that the fake landlords gave respondent the amount of the issued checks and he, in return, gave them cash. Respondent pled guilty in criminal court to welfare fraud where he admitted that he had engaged in a kickback scheme that defrauded his employer of over $ 690,000 in agency funds. Termination of employment recommended.

Posted on the Internet at: http://archive.citylaw.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/oath/15_cases/15-1114.pdf

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