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By: FEDweek StaffThe Office of Government Ethics has issued a summary of a dozen prosecutions over 2020 under federal employee ethics laws, underscoring the potential severity of penalties for violations under some of those provisions, including in some of the cited cases imprisonment of up to three years plus substantial fines.
“The survey highlights how the Department of Justice enforces the criminal conflict of interest laws, and is a useful resource ethics officials can use to educate employees about how these laws apply in real-world situations,” said the OGE.
The cited cases involved charges of conflict of interests or fraud in contracting actions, of violating post-employment restrictions, of improper supplementation of salary, and of violating financial disclosure requirements, among others.
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