Republican Criminal Theft Scandals

Illegally charged health insurance companies over $950k for dental procedures he didn't actually perform over a five-year period

Conspired with at least three doctors to defraud Medicare and enrich himself with taxpayer dollars by paying them kickbacks in exchange for recommending their patients suffering with chronic pain to his pain management company

Used a government-issued credit card for personal expenses including gasoline, claimed mileage for trips that he used a government-owned vehicle for over a yearslong period, pressured a witness to lie to federal investigators and lied to investigators himself

Embezzled $46,500 including $27,500 from the city of Stockton, CA with the help of his executive assistant

Pocketed $46,500 in state grants designated for community upgrades by manipulating the bidding process to award his company a contract for work that was never done

Stole nearly $600 worth of clothes from a local department store and went back later that same day to try and return the stolen items for cash or store credit

Funneled $750k from a taxpayer-funded account that was supposed to feed inmates in the county jail he oversaw to pay for a $740k home that he likely would have never been able to afford on his yearly salary alone

Illegally pocketed over $66k by selling inmates at the jail he oversaw electronic cigarettes from a company he had a financial stake in and lied in official records about his involvement with the company in a failed attempt to cover his tracks

Illegally spent $1.25 million dollars in funds meant for charity on campaign and personal expenses including hot air balloon rides and a new dishwasher

Gave $29,800 in campaign funds to a professional gambler with a long criminal record and an additional $25,000 to his wife, illegally reimbursed himself $11,946.65 from his campaign account for expenses he provided no documentation of and spent thousands more on personal expenses including an airplane ticket for his wife, custom suits, spa products, sunglasses, lawncare and paint for his home office, among many other things

Illegally spent more than $100,000 in campaign funds to invest in a wealthy GOP donor's company

Modified his timecards so he could get paid for hours he didn't actually work on at least five separate occasions before he was caught by his employer and reported to the police

Was videotaped stealing his GOP primary opponent's lawn signs in two separate locations in broad daylight after his rival campaign staked them out after many of their signs went missing presumably because numbnuts here stole them

Funneled roughly $2.3 million to his private businesses by leveraging his status as state Speaker of the House and chair of the Alabama Republican Party to solicit favors from some of Alabama's most influential politicians (including former Gov. Bob Riley) and businesspeople

Stole $250,000 from his campaign to spend on everyday personal expenses like family vacations, private school tuition and jewelry in addition to a multitude of expenses that funded at least five extramarital relationships on things like ride shares, bar tabs and hotel rooms

Stole candy bars and a map from sporting goods store Cabella's

Stole a historic 100-year-old handmade state flag from the state secretary of state's office and took it to his personal office at a Republican campaign research firm

Convinced numerous people into investing $840,000 in a technology company that he secretly earned commissions on while giving the false impression he was actually an investor

Illegally paid convicted felon and former Governor John Rowland $35,000 under the table to work on her 2012 Republican congressional campaign instead of using campaign funds as required by law

Billed $50,000 in false expense reports to his campaign by lying about driving 90,000 more miles than he actually did in reimbursement forms

Spent tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds on private jets, automobiles, tickets to the Super Bowl, massages and cigars and many other things over a five-year period

Fraudulently concealed $35,000 he received working for the 2012 campaign of Republican congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley by creating a fake third-party contract with her husband's business to disguise the fact that a convicted criminal was providing them campaign advice

Stole four articles of clothing from a local department store by stuffing them into a shoe box and concealing it in the bottom of her shopping bag

Kicked in his ex-girlfriend's door and stole her handgun, computer, cell phone and a number of other items while she was away at work

Funneled nearly $200k from Florida GOP bank accounts into a shell company he owned with an associate of which he kept $125k for himself and gave $65k to his associate

Stole a mind-boggling $53.7 million from a financially depressed Illinois town over the decadeslong period she served as its comptroller and used the money to finance a lavish lifestyle which included purchasing a horse farm, $350k worth of jewelry, luxury vehicles, a motor home & properties in Illinois and Florida

Masterminded an illegal counterfeit luxury goods trafficking ring that raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars selling knockoff items to unsuspecting customers

Illegally kept his ex-wife on his taxpayer-funded health insurance plan after they divorced resulting in her improperly getting medical benefits she wasn't entitled to and over $7k worth of prescription drugs at taxpayer expense

Charged local taxpayers to reimburse him $1,331 on expenses he spent entertaining a subordinate he was having an extramarital affair with and on rental cars he used to visit the woman and his wife on different weekends

Accepted $2,000 more than she legally was able to in campaign donations from an undercover agent posing as a business executive in exchange for expediting one of their development projects through the government certification process and didn't report the money in her election reports which state authorities assert is akin to stealing from her campaign

Stole a necklace worth only $27.99 from a Sears department store by hiding it in her pocket and not paying for it when checking out with other items and then tried to flee when confronted by security which proved her guilty intentions

Tricked NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's aides into giving him $1.1 million in campaign funds that he said would be used to set up a ballot-security operation but was instead diverted to a personal account which he used to purchase a new home

Stole a truck with an attached 20ft travel trailer around 3am, got stuck in a resident's driveway when he unsuccessfully attempted to turn around and then passed out inside the truck until police arrived and found him to have a BAC of .15

Embezzled $400k in insurance premiums from a company he owned and deposited it into his congressional campaign account and then tried to cover his tracks by transferring ownership of the company to his wife

Stole $6,200 dollars from the sheriff department's bank account which he used to pay for his re-election parties in 1998 and 2002 and to reimburse an employee for a travel expense and then obstructed justice by attempting to cover his tracks on expense reports

Illegally obtained license plates without paying the required $758 fee and then altered public records to make it appear she paid it