[Vision2020] Tall Tale Not So Tall After All

[Tom Hansen]

>From the August 25, 2008 edition of the Army Times -

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Tall Tale Not So Tall After All

The August 11th Fast Track page told the story of a British army finance 
clerk found with about $200,000 in sequentially numbered $100 bills hidden 
under a potted plant in his home.  He claimed it was a profit from alcohol 
cigarettes, Viagra, and other items to fellow troops while deployed to the 
Iraq war zone, not cash stolen from the military.

Now comes word that a military court believes him.

The Times of London reported that the 35-year-old clerk, Mark McKay, was 
found not guilty of theft and had a freeze on his pending promotion to 
sergeant major immediately lifted in a case dating back to 2003.  
Prosecutors could not show the money came from the military or even that 
any money was missing from the military, the newspaper said.

McKay claimed he made the money selling items to British, Australian, and 
U.S. troops during four months of service in the war zone in 2003.  He 
said the $200,000 was part of more than $370,000 he made reselling hard-to-
find items, and added that he stashed the money in a flowerpot to hide it 
from his wife, from whom he is separating.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)


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