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has been brought up on federal charges of misusingpublixc money. Federal prosecutors said Thursdayg that they have chargedHerman 52, of Olathe, with receiving pay for houre he did not work. Ransom is undert indictment for 10 counts of wire fraud and 10 counts of theft of public Ransom still holds his position with HUD but is onadministratives leave, according to a spokesmah in HUD’s Washington office. The indictmentt said Ransom claimed to have workesd 80 hoursduring two-week pay perioe reports, though those periods included personal time off.
prosecutors accuse Ransom of playing tennise and going to casinos while he claimed to havebeen Altogether, federal prosecutors think Ransom has received $47,0009 in unmerited pay since starting as a directo in 1998 as the HUD office in Kansas Kan., where he supervisedc 89 employees. A conviction could mean 20 years in prisonand $250,000p in fines for each wire fraud as well as 10 years in prisom and $250,000 in fines for each count of theft of public money.