LI-HEAP Thefts

The disciplinary action received by a band of police officers who stole federal funds from the Li-Heap program is heating up.  Pun intended.

As is the worst kept secret in the Philadelphia Police Department, disciplinary action was issued to police officers for the theft of federal funds that was earmarked for the neediest of citizens.

The disciplinary action for the involved officers is well documented.  There were many arrests made as a result of the theft, yet Police Officers were never charged criminally. This has been in the case in many theft cases where police officers have committed various thefts and have not been prosecuted.

Secret Society believes there should be justice evenly distributed.  If any of the officers deny their involvement, it is our duty to relay this information as well.

Policing, as in all professions, have a subculture.  That subculture often is permissive of certain cops engaging in misconduct and corruption.  In the current environment, it is foolish for cops to continue to engage in behaviors that is corrupt and/or unethical.  Part of the problem is that when certain cops engage in unethical behavior, they are celebrated and protected.  However; when their co-workers report that behavior, they are maligned and targeted.

In this vein, one of the officers that is in the disciplinary paperwork regarding the LIHEAP theft, Officer Nadine Ector, is maintaining her innocence.   For the record, it was not asserted here that Ector was indicted, that’s the problem.  Anyone who was involved in this scheme, should have been.  If the disciplinary paperwork is to be believed, this matter should have been prosecuted.

There are many other formal disciplinary paperwork against Police Officers where the Police Department uses verbiage such as “defrauded”, “engaged in a series of conduct that resulted in your receiving XXXXXX dollars in which you were not entitled to receive”.  These words should never appear in formal disciplinary paperwork, but on a warrant for probable cause or an indictment.

Although Ector has violated city policy by sending personal messages through the City of Philadelphia email servers, this is a small transgression.  To be fair and objective please read Ector denial:

Name: Nadine Ector

Email: nadine.ector@phila.gov

“I am contacting your website in reference to the “It’s Raining Double Standards/LIHEAP article posted May 18, 2016. It has a picture of me, my full name and it states, that I was one of the Officer involved in the LIHEAL case. I am not the Nadine that was involved in the case. I knew nothing of the LIHEAP case until I read the LIHEAP post. I downloaded the Grand jury investigation-#0003211-2007 and my name is not listed because I was never involved in the LIHEAP case. This post as caused someone to copy the picture, alter it with a PPN and the word SLUMBAG typed on it and reposted. I am not one of the Officer that was involved with the LIHEAP case and I am being defamed by your website post. Also, I did not give any written or oral permission for anyone to utilize my Facebook picture, especially not for a crime/criminal case that I was not involved with at all. I requesting that your website retract the post with my picture, name and any statement that involves me with the LIHEAP case expeditiously or I will seek Legal Actions this afternoon. To defame one’s character is grounds for legal actions Criminal or Civil. Please respond by12:00pm today”

Officer Ector has the right to assert her innocence.  While working in ex-Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel’s office, it is simply not plausible that Ector “knew nothing of the LIEAP case” until reading about it here.

However; if the disciplinary action was altered, to include Ector with the rest of the thieves, Secret Society would like to allow a police officer to deny their involvement on this forum.

Officer Ector may be a police officer, but apparently Ector know as little about the law as she  does about grammar, spelling and punctuation.  And even less about city policy regarding the use of city email.  This is unethical.  Even the time of the email is dubious.  Perhaps Ector was on lunch or break when she wrote the emails from the city email.

Secret Society welcomes any legal challenges Ector may assert.  Ector’s legal actions will bring more attention to the fact that some members of the Police Department was involved in collusion to prevent the prosecution of its’ members for the theft of federal funds.  The public has the right to know.  Defense attorney’s have the right to know in the event these cops are called to testify.  The other 18 people who were arrested and prosecuted has a right to know as well.  18 Arrested for LIHEAP thefts

The compelling thing about the arrests, is that none of the police officers were charged.  Grand Jury Indictment LiHEAP Thieves

Secret Society is not a forum to bash cops, but to bring to the light the double standards, such as in the LIHEAP case, to both, the Department of Justice and the public.

Ector isn’t the only officer who denies their involvement in the LIHEAP matter.  And that is her right.  A retired officer denied involvement and pled guilty because they were allegedly threatened.  There is a presumption of innocence in our justice system.

It is simply not believable that Ector worked in the Commissioner’s office and has never heard of this scandal, when cops in other jurisdictions have been talking about it.  Maybe working in the Commissioner’s office have made Ector comfortable enough to send an email from a city server of a personal nature, without thinking about the consequences.  But then again, that’s another calamity from working in certain positions.

Some cops have never performed one a day of real policing and have even less interest in real policing.  That kind of officer also believe their own hype, often believing they are untouchable.  But those fallacies must be dispelled.  That’s the purpose of this forum.

But  if that is the story Ector is telling, she should stick with it.  Secret Society would like to ensure her side of the story is told.

Secret Society would love to hear from Lieutenant Harold Lloyd and Lieutenant Raymond Murphy.  That should be very interesting.  Especially for the latter since we have the warrant.

 

 

It’s Raining Double Standards

Someone has littered Center City with flyers admonishing the Philadelphia Police Department and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office for their actions (or lack thereof), of the LIHEAP indictments 18 Charged in Theft of LIHEAP Funds and the PECO thefts.Man Charged In PECO theft in 5 Counties in PA

Just as someone did last month to expose the racist antics of Philadelphia Police Corporal Robert PawLOWski Racist Cop Disciplinary Action, to the citizens of the 24th and 25th districts, this time they went to the bastion of justice itself.  Racist Cop Rants Exposed

The flyers were distributed at 13th and Filbert Streets in front of the Criminal Justice Center.  The flyers depict just two of the numerous cops who allegedly stole federal funds from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or LIHEAP as it is commonly known.  One of the flyers also depict the Lieutenant from the PECO theft.

According to the Mainline Media News, “Basically, the defendant was going to several businesses and homes and manipulating the meters and tampering with the meters so that the meters would read less, or at times nothing at all, and in return the homeowners and business owners would pay him to do so,” alleged Assistant District Attorney Sophia Polites.  This statement was made in reference to the guilty plea of the Philadelphia man,
Marcelino Cuadra Jr., 46, of Aramingo Avenue.

Cuadra pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to charges of corrupt organizations, theft of services and conspiracy to commit theft of services in connection with the meter tampering incidents that occurred in Montgomery, Chester, Bucks, Delaware and Philadelphia counties between December 2009 and October 2012.  Cuadra received probation and restitution to the tune of almost $350,000.00. Electric Thief Generates Probation and Restitution

One of those involved was Lieutenant Raymond Murphy of the Philadelphia Police Department.  Affidavit if Probable Cause

No one in the Philadelphia Police Department in the LIHEAP matter was criminally charged.  Officers received suspensions with Lieutenant Harold K. Lloyd receiving a twenty (20) day suspension.  They were required to make restitution to the Federal program.

Officer Tonetta Dawson and Nadine Ector along with Lieutenant Raymond Murphy are depicted on the fliers.  Retired Corporal Angie Brookins and Retired Lieutenant Stephen McCollom were involved as well.  All were allegedly departmentally charged as opposed to being criminally charged.  Officer Tonetta Dawson works in the office of Chief Inspector Dan McDonald and Nadine Ector worked for former Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel.  This is why they were surgically removed from the LIHEAP indictment.

It is apparent that the prosecution of the individuals in both indictments were carried out but glaringly missing are the police personnel involved in the schemes.  LIHEAP Indictment – Less Cops

These cases are poignant inasmuch they provide compelling evidence that the Philadelphia Police Department and the District Attorney’s Office cherry pick whom they decide to prosecute and/or fire.  Often protecting the corruption, misconduct and criminality of police officers.  When the corrupt officers work for high-ranking officials, it becomes more dubious when they aren’t criminally charged and held accountable for their criminal behavior.  Below is a paragraph in the LIHEAP information packet.

What do I do if I think someone is wrongly taking advantage of LIHEAP or breaking the rules?

The state, territory, or tribe’s main LIHEAP office should have a process for reporting cases of fraud, waster, and abuse.  If you don’t feel comfortable calling that office or if you want to report something suspicious happening at the main LIHEAP office, we have an anonymous Fraud Hotline.   You can call the hotline at (800) HHS-TIPS (800-447-8477) or submit a report online.  You can also fax or mail your complaint, or call a TTY number if you are hearing impaired.  That information is on the Fraud Hotline website.

This kind of the blatant double standard causes mistrust in the criminal justice system and provides a deep mistrust between the police and the citizens they are entrusted to protect.