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MIAMI---A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) employee, Ronald Johnson, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for multiple counts of theft of government money and making false, fictitious, and fraudulent claims. If convicted, the defendant faces maximum statutory penalties of 10 years' imprisonment as to each felony count of theft of government money, and maximum statutory penalties of 5 years' imprisonment as to each count of making false, fictitious and fraudulent claims.
According to the Indictment, from October 2003 to March 2004, Johnson submitted numerous expense vouchers to the DEA for various career fair expenses. The DEA paid Johnson for the expenses he claimed, which claims and expenses were fraudulent. Based on Johnson's reimbursement claims, DEA paid Johnson $13,405 for career fair expenses that he was not entitled to receive. 1-13-06
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