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<i> Canadian police charged a former senior federal bureaucrat with fraud on Friday, alleging he used government credit cards to fund his passion for collecting sports cards.
Donald Billing, a former director of Measurement Canada, was charged with 11 counts of fraud. Police say he used government credit cards to buy hockey cards valued at approximately C$185,000 ($150,000), and tried to pass off the purchases as office supplies.
"It's certainly different," said Cpl. Howard Adams of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. "I don't think there have been many cases where government employees have been purchasing hockey cards."..</i> <A HREF="http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/10/news/funny/hockey_cards.reut/index.htm">Entire Story Here</A>
<i> Canadian police charged a former senior federal bureaucrat with fraud on Friday, alleging he used government credit cards to fund his passion for collecting sports cards.
Donald Billing, a former director of Measurement Canada, was charged with 11 counts of fraud. Police say he used government credit cards to buy hockey cards valued at approximately C$185,000 ($150,000), and tried to pass off the purchases as office supplies.
"It's certainly different," said Cpl. Howard Adams of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. "I don't think there have been many cases where government employees have been purchasing hockey cards."..</i> <A HREF="http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/10/news/funny/hockey_cards.reut/index.htm">Entire Story Here</A>