December 29, 2004

Indiana Government - Details of state computer purchasing scandal

Jennifer Whitson of the Evansville Courier&Press has reviewed the federal court documents and has a very detailed account of the felony charges released Tuesday. (Scroll down six entries for the ILB report earlier today.) Here is a quote located well into the lengthy C&P story today:

The Internal Revenue Service, Indiana State Police and FBI initiated an investigation and in December raided the Indianapolis office of Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System.

In Solomon's cubicle, authorities found a USB external hard drive hidden in the floor, according to court documents. On it were several e-mails between Solomon, Heuring and Heuring's wife, Jamie.

In the e-mails, Solomon complains about the ongoing investigation and worries about losing his job, according to court documents. He writes that he has hated his job since 1999 and has been saving his boss' e-mails, shredding important documents and forging signatures. But he tells his friend he's not worried about jail time.

"I'm upset about the possibility of me losing my job ... but at least I'm not going to jail like many of the other folks," Solomon wrote to Heuring in an e-mail dated Dec. 5, 2000.

Posted by Marcia Oddi at December 29, 2004 05:20 PM