Three parking lot attendants at the Smithsonian's Air and Space annex in Chantilly have been charged with stealing at least $400,000 in parking fees.

The three were arrested at the end of their shifts at the Udvar-Hazy Center Saturday. They face charges in federal court in Alexandria that carry up to 10 years in prison.

The two women, Freweyni Mebrahtu (freh-WAY'nee meh-BRAH'-too) of Sterling and Genete Yigzu (geh-NET' IG'-zoo) of Alexandria, and one man, Meseret Terefe (MEH'-seh-rett teh-RAHFF') of Silver Spring, Md., were employees of Smithsonian parking contractor PMI.

A court affidavit alleges the three began stealing in 2009, shortly after PMI took over management of the lot. Visitors pay a $15 fee, and the affidavit states all three were caught on camera unplugging vehicle counters so the stolen funds would not be missed.

Let me guess? They are black and immigrated to this country with in the last 15 years

These are racially based charges, three hard-working africans would never do this!

Freweyni Mebrahtu
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WMATA gets scammed for $1 million. Smithsonian loses at least $400,000.

LISTEN UP DIPSHITS: IF YOU RUN A PARKING LOT, YOU'RE BEING RIPPED OFF. COUNT THE CARS AND AUDIT YOUR MONEY. NO MORE STUPID EXCUSES. "OH, we're SOOOOO shocked!"

If you continue to get ripped off, you're complicit.

Seriously. In most cases, there is a gate. The gate goes up, a car goes through. Multiply. Have two $5 cameras recording the gate and the booth. Numbers don't add up, it's easy too figure out what is going on. It doesn't take tens of thousands of pocketed fees before a bell goes off.

A buddy of mine in high school worked at the ticket booth for a drive in theater.

He was pocketing the admission from dozens of cars per night. The owner went to bust him and a few others, but they had dirt on him so they were just able to walk.

It seems pretty stupid to me to not have independent means to count the cars.

Shit pay, shit workers. what do you expect?

Wouldnt and ALPR keep track of the cars as they come and go?

Tap That Wrote:
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> Freweyni Mebrahtu


Free weenie?

BAMN!! I'm so proud Fairfax gave us an embezzlement story! I cannot wait for next week's embezzlement story...

Tap That Wrote:
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> Freweyni Mebrahtu

Looks like a Mugatu fucker

trogdor! Wrote:
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> WMATA gets scammed for $1 million. Smithsonian
> loses at least $400,000.
>
> LISTEN UP DIPSHITS: IF YOU RUN A PARKING LOT,
> YOU'RE BEING RIPPED OFF. COUNT THE CARS AND AUDIT
> YOUR MONEY. NO MORE STUPID EXCUSES. "OH, we're
> SOOOOO shocked!"
>
> If you continue to get ripped off, you're
> complicit.


+100000000 :)

Simple Math Wrote:
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> Seriously. In most cases, there is a gate. The
> gate goes up, a car goes through. Multiply. Have
> two $5 cameras recording the gate and the booth.
> Numbers don't add up, it's easy too figure out
> what is going on. It doesn't take tens of
> thousands of pocketed fees before a bell goes off.

"the affidavit states all three were caught on camera unplugging vehicle counters so the stolen funds would not be missed."





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2012 07:28AM by Dentured Servant.

Freweyni Mebrahtu's the only one with prior entries...

"MEBRAHTU ","FREWEYNI ","T","041"," 9761","ALWAES #201 ","DR","FAIRFAX ","VA","10/22/2007","FAIL WEAR SAFETY BELT "
"MEBRAHTU ","FREWEYNI ","T","042"," 9761","ALWAES #201 ","DR","FAIRFAX ","VA","09/26/2008","FAIL OBEY HWY SIGN "

Give 'em a break! They're just doing to the Smithsonian what I've been doing to the American treasury for three years! Black Power!

B. Obama Wrote:
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> Give 'em a break! They're just doing to the
> Smithsonian what I've been doing to the American
> treasury for three years! Black Power!

Or what republicans have been doing to the taxpayers for years. Scamming fat pork belly projects for their buddies corporations and lobby groups. Personally I'd rather see people get money than some fat cat millionaire CEO.

There's ten Democrats with their hand in the till for every Republican. You know it's true.

Scammed Wrote:
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> B. Obama Wrote:
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> > Give 'em a break! They're just doing to the
> > Smithsonian what I've been doing to the
> American
> > treasury for three years! Black Power!
>
> Or what republicans have been doing to the
> taxpayers for years. Scamming fat pork belly
> projects for their buddies corporations and lobby
> groups. Personally I'd rather see people get
> money than some fat cat millionaire CEO.

Uh, hello, moron - dems are the kings of pork. Obama has raided the American taxpayer for trillions in paybacks to his unions, ecoterrorists, and corrupt corporate cronies.

I wonder who these parking attendant folks vote for? Dem or Repub?

Dirtbags caught stealing?

Hijack it into a politics thread.
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astonishing!

Second Parking Lot Attendant Pleads Guilty to Stealing $400,000 in Parking Fees at Smithsonian
Freweyni Mebrahtu faces up to 10 years in prison; sentencing in January
http://chantilly.patch.com/articles/second-parking-lot-attendant-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-400-000-in-parking-fees-at-smithsonian

Freweyni Mebrahtu, 45, of Sterling, pled guilty Thursday to stealing at least $400,000 of visitor parking fees belonging to the Smithsonian Institution’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly.

Mebrahtu was one of three parking attendants employed by Parking Management, Inc. who were arrested and charged with embezzlement and theft.

Agents of the Smithsonian Office of Inspector General and FBI agents arrested Mebrahtu Aug. 4. Mebrahtu will be sentenced Jan. 18 and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. From March 2009 to July 2012, Mebrahtu was a full-time employee of Parking Management, Inc. (“PMI”) who worked as a booth attendant at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center parking lot.

The Udvar-Hazy Center is the annex facility of the National Air and Space Museum and is home to the Space Shuttle Discovery and other historic aircraft. The Air and Space Museum and Udvar-Hazy Center display the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world. PMI, under contract with the Smithsonian, has managed and operated the Udvar-Hazy Center’s 2,000-vehicle parking lot since March 2009.

"Freweyni Mebrahtu"....What could go wrong with hiring a guy with a name like that?

forget about it Wrote:
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> "Freweyni Mebrahtu"....What could go wrong with
> hiring a guy with a name like that?

+1. Dude...if I can't say your name, then I don't care how cheaply you'll work, I'm not hiring you. Of course, legally I will never say this out loud as my reason for not hiring them but, there's lots of reasons to disqualify people from work, especially non-white savages.

My go to is typically, "We highly value employees who can arrive and be ready to work at their scheduled time. Is there any reason you may not be anle to be on time and ready to work at your scheduled time?"

{some back and forth about their possible schedule}

Them: "Well...I've got 6 kids and they all have to be to school by {insert 6 different times here} and I've been out of work for a few months so, my 1992 Toyota Camry is not running and I have to take the bus...I'm not sure if the bus is always on time, though..."

Me: "Well, I'm sure you'll work it out...next question..."

{quickly end interview so that I can move on to the next mope}

Great name Wrote:
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> Tap That Wrote:
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> > Freweyni Mebrahtu
>
>
> Free weenie?

Lol!