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Article: Feds: FAA worker took plane, yachts as perks
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- November 21, 2008
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A Federal Aviation Administration employee from Southern California took illegal perks from his job _ including a plane, yachts and heavy-duty trucks _ and an investigation continues into how widespread the practice was, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Steven Bradley Smith, a field technician with the FAA in San Diego, abused an internal computer system to claim surplus items from other government agencies, according to charging papers unsealed Thursday in federal court in Tacoma, Wash.
"There's a great concern about who knew what about this _ about whether it's something that was systemic, or one guy who managed to find the seam in the zone defense of the ...