Ex-White House Aide Admits To Fraud.

Source: CNN

Another high-ranking GOP official is caught in a fraud-ridden scandal. Say it isn't so!

ROCKVILLE, Maryland (AP)--A former top White House aide who was arrested on a theft charge admitted to a store investigator he fraudulently returned merchandise that he didn't buy, according to charging documents.

Police allege that Claude Allen, a former domestic policy adviser to President Bush, made fraudulent returns worth at least $5,000 at Target and other stores in the Washington suburbs on 25 different occasions.

Target Corp. investigator Pete Schomburg said he stopped Allen on January 2 outside the company's Gaithersburg store after Allen allegedly received a refund for items using a receipt from an earlier purchase.

"Allen had receipts from previous purchases at Target stores and admitted to Agent Schomburg that he was committing fraudulent returns," according to the charging documents filed March 7, two days before Allen was charged with theft and theft scheme.

Again, I'm amazed at the high moral values and integrity of those ranking Republican career-politicians....when another White House patron is caught in the middle of a crime.

Let's save the Department of Justice some time and just appoint a parole officer/probation officer to work out of the White House. They would be close to the crooks and be able to see their crimes first hand.

That would be a truly efficient government.

[Claude Allen], [former domestic policy adviser to President Bush], [fraudulent returns], [theft charge]