MAN ACCUSED OF NOT GOING TO WORK FOR A YEAR

The facilities director at the University of Texas School of Law, Jason Shoumaker, was arrested last Thursday on charges of tampering with his time sheets to log full 8-hour days at work while he was, apparently, gallivanting around Las Vegas, the Virgin Islands and Cozumel, Mexico. Shoumaker – who was paid an annual salary of $80,000 before his firing – was placed on administrative leave in July 2017, after a string of internal complaints about his performance and chronic absenteeism. As early as the spring of 2016, a supervisor said Shoumaker had “started to not be around” and “didn’t seem to be doing his job anymore.” Shoumaker managed to pull off the fraud for over a year. At one point, there was this email exchange from a colleague:
– “Everything ok?” the colleague texted to Shoumaker on April 3, 2017.
– “Yes, on my way to work,” Shoumaker texted in response. In fact, Shoumaker was likely in Las Vegas that day, as charges to his card that included $44.20 at a Vegas Hooters Restaurant and $81.00 for a professional massage.
* Ferris Bueller Grows Up.
* George W. Bush used to do this all the time.
* On the bright side: Now the University of Texas School of Law knows they don’t really need an $80,000-a-year “facilities director”.
* Billing a law school for hours not actually worked. The guy would make a great lawyer.
* Fudging time sheets. One more reason they’ll tell us we all need chips in our heads.