Obama Treasury Department Officials Cited for Soliciting Prostitutes & Other Crimes

Official government investigations are showing that Obama administration Treasury Department officials have been caught misusing government resources, soliciting prostitutes, breaking conflict-of-interest rules, and accepting gifts from corporate executives.

In 2010, an OTC employee “misused” government resources to solicit prostitutes on three separate occasions via Craigslist. While working at the OTC, investigators said the government staffer “viewed websites offering erotic services on a weekly basis as well as communicating with and arranging meetings with women offering erotic services.”

The OIG concluded that the OTC worker had violated government rules on “notoriously disgraceful conduct.” The case was referred for criminal prosecution to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District for Columbia, which opted not to prosecute “absent aggravating circumstances such as underage prostitutes or human trafficking.” The employee, who was not a political appointee, subsequently retired from the government, according to the documents.

In another finding, the