Kickbacks Literally For Red Tape

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Two Veterans Affairs workers were charged Tuesday with taking kickbacks on the purchase of 100,000 rolls of red tape.

Joseph Haymond and Natalie Coker were arrested in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and charged with taking bribes in exchange for buying the tape, which normally sold for $2.50 per roll, for $6.95 per roll, U.S. Attorney Jim Vines said in a statement.

The two got kickbacks of a $1 per roll for purchases made between 1999 and 2001, Vines said, totaling more than $100,000 each... Entire Story