The invaluable
Law Profession blawg has the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's
disbarment of Paul Wayne Shoup, an attorney who was working for a tax organization. According to the opinion, attorney Shoup made a remarkable discovery: "that the Montgomery County [Maryland] Treasury Office website could be easily searched for companies due tax refunds [... Attorney Shoup] began stealing the unauthorized real property tax refund checks simply by contacting the Montgomery County Treasury Office and requesting that a refund check be mailed out."
Mr. Shoup
stole half a million dollars using this technique. Nice.
Shoup who paid restitution was
subsequently sentenced to 18 months for felony theft.
Maybe you should have a heart & read why he did it before you judge him. People make mistakes, he apologized for his actions. Cut him some slack.
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