HA update
After having to write and sign a statement saying we will report accurately in the future, according to the terms in our lease, we left the "interview" with the Private Investigator relatively pain-free. Such crap.
We were never informed of our rights. We were never informed that we were under investigation - until we met the investigator. We were never informed that our paperwork seemed to be improper - other than its being past 10 days from the attested date of the change. There is no written policy to handle how we should report changes in Chris's schedule that are not clear-cut: i.e., when it is not clear to the employee and his manager when he changes from covering shifts to more permanent increase in hours, how is that reported? The PI never believed us that Chris didn't know how much his raises were going to be until he received his paychecks, two or three weeks after the fact. Of course, you'd think that wasn't our problem, but the PI's, since it's a fact. But no. AND did anyone EVER contact Chris's boss with their suspicions, even after Chris told them all to contact her if there were questions? Heck no. We are supposed to feel thankful to him and the HA because *even though* he said there was evidence of fraud [harumph! whatever], they weren't going to pursue it any farther because they "value" us as tenants. Classic intimidation. It just gets weirder and weirder.
Of course, Chris knew that his submitted paperwork was unconventional because of the multiple raises and back-dated pay. Of course he asked the minions how to indicate that on his forms. Of course he followed their advice. And of course, this is what reportedly raised the red flags with the housing director and Investigator.
Now I have that familiar sick, angry feeling in the pit of my stomach again.
We meet with the director on Thursday to talk about the review process. Be thinking abut us, OK?
We were never informed of our rights. We were never informed that we were under investigation - until we met the investigator. We were never informed that our paperwork seemed to be improper - other than its being past 10 days from the attested date of the change. There is no written policy to handle how we should report changes in Chris's schedule that are not clear-cut: i.e., when it is not clear to the employee and his manager when he changes from covering shifts to more permanent increase in hours, how is that reported? The PI never believed us that Chris didn't know how much his raises were going to be until he received his paychecks, two or three weeks after the fact. Of course, you'd think that wasn't our problem, but the PI's, since it's a fact. But no. AND did anyone EVER contact Chris's boss with their suspicions, even after Chris told them all to contact her if there were questions? Heck no. We are supposed to feel thankful to him and the HA because *even though* he said there was evidence of fraud [harumph! whatever], they weren't going to pursue it any farther because they "value" us as tenants. Classic intimidation. It just gets weirder and weirder.
Of course, Chris knew that his submitted paperwork was unconventional because of the multiple raises and back-dated pay. Of course he asked the minions how to indicate that on his forms. Of course he followed their advice. And of course, this is what reportedly raised the red flags with the housing director and Investigator.
Now I have that familiar sick, angry feeling in the pit of my stomach again.
We meet with the director on Thursday to talk about the review process. Be thinking abut us, OK?
posted by Skim @ 10:39 AM
1 Comments:
At 10:00 AM,
Anonymous said…
Government agencies never deal with unconventional well at all. If some bureaucrat didn’t think of that contingency and put a sub-sub-paragraph in the 10,000 page list of rules then you’ve made someone do extra work and they will make you pay for it. I recently got a letter from the IRS telling me I owed them $2800 from 2003. Of course they were wrong but I was told I had to prove they were wrong (luckily I could). Isn’t that a lovely notion? The IRS can simply tell you you owe them money and you have to prove you don’t.
Where the government is concerned we’re all guilty until proven innocent.
Jim
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