Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Todd Watkins got $13,000 under the table but isn't charged with theft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/30/montgomery-school-transportation-plea-deal/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjEzMzEzNzQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg4MDk3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg5MzkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODgwOTc2MDAsImp0aSI6IjM1NGRmYWMzLTBlYjQtNDk2Yy05ZGYxLTAwZDY5NTQ4MDVhMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8wNi8zMC9tb250Z29tZXJ5LXNjaG9vbC10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1wbGVhLWRlYWwvIn0.p9fPI1A_nTGtTekFwKVLwHEGBu4B9vWWHCJomEruHik
The fact he documented it probably means he thought he was legitimately entitled to it, and that's why he isn't charged with theft.
If it was theft, he would've been charged. They deemed it not a crime. End of story.
End of story? How are you so naive. This really is outrageous. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were stollen from MCPS due to his unethical and illegal scheme specifically conceived by him to divert the procedures put in place to prevent this. He set up an off the books account instead of paying MCPS. When he was in charge of running the department!! This is 100% corrupt to allow him out of criminal charges to save face for MCPS. Now they can go with “it was a rouge employee stealing” instead of placing blame where is should be, with Watkins. Pathetic.
If that were true, someone would be charged with a crime, but there wasn't one. Stop inventing nonsense.
Sorry hon. This is Montgomery County. No charges for stealing $1.2M from MCPS. McKnight doesn't want that bad publicity. That would be front page of the Washington Post. Make the crime misconduct in office and bury the story in the Metro section is the best for the optics.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AUDITS
DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Financial Management Practices Audit Report
Montgomery County Public Schools
September 2022
In February 2022, the firm issued a report which identified that approximately $1.2 million had been deposited in the account and that payments totaling approximately $649,000 were made either directly to MCPS employees or for purchases of goods and services purportedly on behalf of MCPS during the period from October 2017 to November 2021. As of November 16, 2021, the account had a balance totaling $535,036. The firm also reviewed MCPS credit card purchases during the period July 2016 to January 2022 and identified purchases totaling approximately $572,000 made by transportation department employees that were considered questionable or required additional review. The firm stated in the report that additional work would be necessary to fully investigate the aforementioned activity.
https://www.ola.state.md.us/Search/Report?keyword=&agencyId=&dateFrom=&dateTo=
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Todd Watkins got $13,000 under the table but isn't charged with theft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/30/montgomery-school-transportation-plea-deal/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjEzMzEzNzQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg4MDk3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg5MzkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODgwOTc2MDAsImp0aSI6IjM1NGRmYWMzLTBlYjQtNDk2Yy05ZGYxLTAwZDY5NTQ4MDVhMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8wNi8zMC9tb250Z29tZXJ5LXNjaG9vbC10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1wbGVhLWRlYWwvIn0.p9fPI1A_nTGtTekFwKVLwHEGBu4B9vWWHCJomEruHik
The fact he documented it probably means he thought he was legitimately entitled to it, and that's why he isn't charged with theft.
If it was theft, he would've been charged. They deemed it not a crime. End of story.
End of story? How are you so naive. This really is outrageous. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were stollen from MCPS due to his unethical and illegal scheme specifically conceived by him to divert the procedures put in place to prevent this. He set up an off the books account instead of paying MCPS. When he was in charge of running the department!! This is 100% corrupt to allow him out of criminal charges to save face for MCPS. Now they can go with “it was a rouge employee stealing” instead of placing blame where is should be, with Watkins. Pathetic.
If that were true, someone would be charged with a crime, but there wasn't one. Stop inventing nonsense.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Todd Watkins got $13,000 under the table but isn't charged with theft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/30/montgomery-school-transportation-plea-deal/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjEzMzEzNzQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg4MDk3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg5MzkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODgwOTc2MDAsImp0aSI6IjM1NGRmYWMzLTBlYjQtNDk2Yy05ZGYxLTAwZDY5NTQ4MDVhMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8wNi8zMC9tb250Z29tZXJ5LXNjaG9vbC10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1wbGVhLWRlYWwvIn0.p9fPI1A_nTGtTekFwKVLwHEGBu4B9vWWHCJomEruHik
The fact he documented it probably means he thought he was legitimately entitled to it, and that's why he isn't charged with theft.
If it was theft, he would've been charged. They deemed it not a crime. End of story.
End of story? How are you so naive. This really is outrageous. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were stollen from MCPS due to his unethical and illegal scheme specifically conceived by him to divert the procedures put in place to prevent this. He set up an off the books account instead of paying MCPS. When he was in charge of running the department!! This is 100% corrupt to allow him out of criminal charges to save face for MCPS. Now they can go with “it was a rouge employee stealing” instead of placing blame where is should be, with Watkins. Pathetic.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Todd Watkins got $13,000 under the table but isn't charged with theft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/30/montgomery-school-transportation-plea-deal/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjEzMzEzNzQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg4MDk3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg5MzkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODgwOTc2MDAsImp0aSI6IjM1NGRmYWMzLTBlYjQtNDk2Yy05ZGYxLTAwZDY5NTQ4MDVhMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8wNi8zMC9tb250Z29tZXJ5LXNjaG9vbC10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1wbGVhLWRlYWwvIn0.p9fPI1A_nTGtTekFwKVLwHEGBu4B9vWWHCJomEruHik
I guess if you decide that something that isn't a crime is "crime".
Watkins was paid $13,000 under the table for setting up a scam that ripped off mcps for over a million dollars. That is how much was in the off the books account.
Watkins gets his retirement and no jail time.
Watkins didn’t steal tge money. He was paid fir services rendered.
Please stop making up your own alternative facts.
Start reading. Those are THE facts.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Todd Watkins got $13,000 under the table but isn't charged with theft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/30/montgomery-school-transportation-plea-deal/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjEzMzEzNzQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg4MDk3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg5MzkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODgwOTc2MDAsImp0aSI6IjM1NGRmYWMzLTBlYjQtNDk2Yy05ZGYxLTAwZDY5NTQ4MDVhMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8wNi8zMC9tb250Z29tZXJ5LXNjaG9vbC10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1wbGVhLWRlYWwvIn0.p9fPI1A_nTGtTekFwKVLwHEGBu4B9vWWHCJomEruHik
I guess if you decide that something that isn't a crime is "crime".
Watkins was paid $13,000 under the table for setting up a scam that ripped off mcps for over a million dollars. That is how much was in the off the books account.
Watkins gets his retirement and no jail time.
Watkins didn’t steal tge money. He was paid fir services rendered.
Please stop making up your own alternative facts.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Todd Watkins got $13,000 under the table but isn't charged with theft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/30/montgomery-school-transportation-plea-deal/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjEzMzEzNzQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg4MDk3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg5MzkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODgwOTc2MDAsImp0aSI6IjM1NGRmYWMzLTBlYjQtNDk2Yy05ZGYxLTAwZDY5NTQ4MDVhMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8wNi8zMC9tb250Z29tZXJ5LXNjaG9vbC10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1wbGVhLWRlYWwvIn0.p9fPI1A_nTGtTekFwKVLwHEGBu4B9vWWHCJomEruHik
I guess if you decide that something that isn't a crime is "crime".
Watkins was paid $13,000 under the table for setting up a scam that ripped off mcps for over a million dollars. That is how much was in the off the books account.
Watkins gets his retirement and no jail time.
Watkins didn’t steal tge money. He was paid fir services rendered.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Todd Watkins got $13,000 under the table but isn't charged with theft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/30/montgomery-school-transportation-plea-deal/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjEzMzEzNzQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg4MDk3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg5MzkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODgwOTc2MDAsImp0aSI6IjM1NGRmYWMzLTBlYjQtNDk2Yy05ZGYxLTAwZDY5NTQ4MDVhMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8wNi8zMC9tb250Z29tZXJ5LXNjaG9vbC10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1wbGVhLWRlYWwvIn0.p9fPI1A_nTGtTekFwKVLwHEGBu4B9vWWHCJomEruHik
I guess if you decide that something that isn't a crime is "crime".
Anonymous wrote:Todd Watkins got $13,000 under the table but isn't charged with theft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/30/montgomery-school-transportation-plea-deal/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjEzMzEzNzQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg4MDk3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg5MzkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODgwOTc2MDAsImp0aSI6IjM1NGRmYWMzLTBlYjQtNDk2Yy05ZGYxLTAwZDY5NTQ4MDVhMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8wNi8zMC9tb250Z29tZXJ5LXNjaG9vbC10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1wbGVhLWRlYWwvIn0.p9fPI1A_nTGtTekFwKVLwHEGBu4B9vWWHCJomEruHik
Anonymous wrote:"Watkins arranged an “off-the-books” system with the bus company, and the vendor kept a record of money owed to the school system. The company deducted those owed amounts from its payments from the school system; Watkins received about $13,000 from those payments. The former director provided documentation of those payments and is not charged with theft."
What does this mean? Why can't Washington Post write coherently?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Todd Watkins got $13,000 under the table but isn't charged with theft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/30/montgomery-school-transportation-plea-deal/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjEzMzEzNzQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg4MDk3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg5MzkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODgwOTc2MDAsImp0aSI6IjM1NGRmYWMzLTBlYjQtNDk2Yy05ZGYxLTAwZDY5NTQ4MDVhMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8wNi8zMC9tb250Z29tZXJ5LXNjaG9vbC10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1wbGVhLWRlYWwvIn0.p9fPI1A_nTGtTekFwKVLwHEGBu4B9vWWHCJomEruHik
The fact he documented it probably means he thought he was legitimately entitled to it, and that's why he isn't charged with theft.
If it was theft, he would've been charged. They deemed it not a crime. End of story.
End of story? How are you so naive. This really is outrageous. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were stollen from MCPS due to his unethical and illegal scheme specifically conceived by him to divert the procedures put in place to prevent this. He set up an off the books account instead of paying MCPS. When he was in charge of running the department!! This is 100% corrupt to allow him out of criminal charges to save face for MCPS. Now they can go with “it was a rouge employee stealing” instead of placing blame where is should be, with Watkins. Pathetic.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Todd Watkins got $13,000 under the table but isn't charged with theft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/30/montgomery-school-transportation-plea-deal/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjEzMzEzNzQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg4MDk3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg5MzkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODgwOTc2MDAsImp0aSI6IjM1NGRmYWMzLTBlYjQtNDk2Yy05ZGYxLTAwZDY5NTQ4MDVhMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8wNi8zMC9tb250Z29tZXJ5LXNjaG9vbC10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1wbGVhLWRlYWwvIn0.p9fPI1A_nTGtTekFwKVLwHEGBu4B9vWWHCJomEruHik
The fact he documented it probably means he thought he was legitimately entitled to it, and that's why he isn't charged with theft.
If it was theft, he would've been charged. They deemed it not a crime. End of story.
Anonymous wrote:"Watkins arranged an “off-the-books” system with the bus company, and the vendor kept a record of money owed to the school system. The company deducted those owed amounts from its payments from the school system; Watkins received about $13,000 from those payments. The former director provided documentation of those payments and is not charged with theft."
What does this mean? Why can't Washington Post write coherently?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Todd Watkins got $13,000 under the table but isn't charged with theft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/30/montgomery-school-transportation-plea-deal/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjEzMzEzNzQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg4MDk3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg5MzkzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODgwOTc2MDAsImp0aSI6IjM1NGRmYWMzLTBlYjQtNDk2Yy05ZGYxLTAwZDY5NTQ4MDVhMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8wNi8zMC9tb250Z29tZXJ5LXNjaG9vbC10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1wbGVhLWRlYWwvIn0.p9fPI1A_nTGtTekFwKVLwHEGBu4B9vWWHCJomEruHik
The fact he documented it probably means he thought he was legitimately entitled to it, and that's why he isn't charged with theft.
If it was theft, he would've been charged. They deemed it not a crime. End of story.
Not the story at all. The Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy cut a deal with him. It was still a crime, but McCarthy isn't going to bother to charge him. McCarthy let him plead guilty on one count and dropped the rest. The more McCarthy charges him the more comes out in court and the worse MCPS looks in the national press. It's all about protecting the MCPS.
How tight is your tin foil hat?
Enjoy buying your own classroom supplies!