Federal Special Agent Pleads Guilty To Gambling With Government Funds
>An FBI Special Agent pleaded guilty yesterday to misusing government money to gamble at a Las Vegas casino.
>Scott F. Carpenter (40), of New York, pleaded guilty to one count of conversion of government money.
>According to court documents, from July 27 to July 31, 2017, Carpenter — employed as a Special Agent with the FBI’s New York City Field Office — and three other FBI agents traveled to Las Vegas to conduct an undercover operation. At the conclusion of the operation, Carpenter went to a casino’s high limit room, where he gambled on blackjack with $13,500 belonging to the United States.
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