Hummmm, I wonder who Deb will hire in Deon's old position?

Looks like DOR wised up. McCrimmon was fired today.

I'm not surprised. Hypocrisy reigns at the DOR.

TWBofDOR - I think you may be going a bit overboard in pursuit of Deon M. What ever your opinion of her she is not the problem, only a symptom of the problem. The problem is the DOR administration and the double standard.

Tallahassee "process owners" force the field offices to implement their stupid ideas and then when they inevitably fall apart scapegoat and fire the local managers. In the field managers are fired and disposed of like used drinking cups. Yet I Tallahassee you can apparently have a criminal record, sleep on the job, not show up for work, and give jobs to unqualified friends as long as you are in the right clique.

My advice, don't focus on Deon M. Focus on management.

Every weeknight at approximately 9pm we get together online and go over the criminal indictment, the criminal judgement , all the comments that provided some insight into what may have happened. Something just isn't right about your pleading guilty to a federal charge of "Wire Fraud", you had to know if you plead guilty you would be immediately terminated from a $60,000 year or more job, right ? You had to know a conviction to a crime of this magnitude would seriously damage your chances of ever getting another job with any government agency , state or federal (Unless it was those morons with the Department of Revenue, that is, by the way who put you on to that job opening). Another point that doesn't make sense, if as Spencer says and we quote from his comment ( "Now the truth is that this lady did sign off on the home loan application and the amount of the monthly income was incorrect but it was enterd in incorrectly by the loan officer not Ms. McCrimmon. Her only mistake was rushing and not taking the time to read over the douments carefully and once she signed off on the loan forms it ment tht all information on the form was correct. This was an over sight on her part but the mistake was just tht a mistake.") , once again a defense attorney would have surely called the "loan officer" to the stand , "Sir/madam, did you fill out the mortgage form for Ms McCrimmon, yes or no ?" per Spencer they would have answered "YES" to that question, once again a very strong defense item here. WHY DID YOU PLEAD GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD,DEON.
In our opinion you could have walked out with no record , no probation, no wrecked employment history, still have been making $60,000 a year or more now. Like we said at the beginning something just isn't right why you would have plead "GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD"
Deon, your Peers and maybe the IG's Office (No we take that back) they're an iept bunch of morons still trying to find out for you who busted you on the wire fraud charge, so you can keep your job, REMEMBER YOUR PEERS, ALL THE STATE REPS, STATE SENATORS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND A WHOLE LOT OF TAXPAYERS, BUSINESSOWNERS AND VOTERS WANT TO KNOW

Thank you John we stand corrected, you have a sharp eye and a keen mind. You would be an excellent choice in our opinion to replace Ms. McCrimmon, we hope you get the position ASAP.

In our last post the, statement, "Florida has a "AntiSlapp law to stop just such aggregation lawsuits from being filed, it is no longer open season on "Free Speech". should have read "Florida has a "AntiSlapp law to stop just such aggravation lawsuits from being filed, it is no longer open season on "Free Speech"

John , John , John stop you are embarrassing yourself in front of your friends, colleagues and peers. Didn't your teachers and instructors tell you to read all the instructors and information before starting any test.

John, we hate to embarrass you like this but , you opened yourself up
to ridicule . We direct you to our post of 8:52AM SEP 23
and 8:28AM SEP 23 . John none of us work for DOR, now. And the one
that did left while DOR still had a great Executive Director named Jim Zingale, my friend and I never proached the entrance way of a DOR building. Sorry for the takedown, but you went of halfcocked and payed the price for your ignorance and stupidy.

Deon,

We have reviewed your current application for employment.
We assume it is a contiuation of your orginial application, is that
correct ?

If so, we can find no untrue statements at this time. You did clearly state and attest that you had been arrested for and plead guilty to the crime of "Wire Fraud" , under the section heading "Background Information".

We did however find two areas of concern, of which we as employers picked up on immediately and we are not Professional Interviewers. The statement to the question noted as "Reason for Leaving" item #8 concerning your employment from 05/1992 to 06/2004 with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) we consider this statement vague, incomplete , and elusive at best or put another way we consider it to be "SPIN", we believe a Professional Interviewing Company would have picked up on this and required you to submit a written statement from the FDIC to determine exactly why you left their employment.

Since you were interviewed by inept interviews who may not have had any formal training in the interviewing process and in order to vindicate yourself in the eyes of your peers would you be willing to submit to this newspaper a notarized form to submit to the FDIC for release of your personnel records to them.. Please understand this is not a court of law , but the court of public opinion and a refusal to provide information to prove innocent or guilty is not viewed in a favorable light in our opinion.

Deon, we are confused about some of the facts concerning your
plea of guilt to the crime of "Wire Fraud" , please provide your
peers with answers to the below questions to better support your position.

From Spencer who we assume knows you quite well and we
quote "As some one who is close to and knows this lady for
over 20 years" and "whats not stated in this article is that
teh IRS was paid 75.000 out of her own pocket and the
otehr agreed upon 150.000 was paid off by her dad." ,
that amounts to $225,000, correct ?? and "So now don't look
like she owes uncle Sam a thing".

Our questions are , Why did you plead guilty, surely you
and your family are or were financial well off at the time
($225,000) and could afford competent legal counsel.
It appears from the many comments defending your character
that you were a pillar of the community and longtime member
of a church and loved by your friends and family, very strong
items a lawyer would bring up in court in your defense.
Also this would have been your first offense correct ?
Another strong item in your favor, an outstanding employee
of good standing, employed for (How many years with FDIC ?)
All the FBI and US Attorney had was a fax with your name on
it correct ? Deon, a first year law student could have gotten this reduced to nothing or even thrown out of court in our opinion.
Why did you plead guilty, Deon instead of face a jury of your
peers ?? Some thing just doesn't add up here in our opinion.

Bear with us one more minute and answer this question also,
"When was the lien filed by the US District Court for the Middle
District of Georgia in Macon, Ga, in Gadsden County , Fl. in
the amount of $ 24,775.00 paid off, or is this also one of those unfortunate oversights by you ?

Note to "Surprised at all the Venom", thank you for your prayers.
We are doing what the the IG's Office should have done years ago, and what management should do now. Two of us never worked for the Department of Revenue , one never for the State of Florida and one retired when Dr. Zingale came on board. Need we say more, I think not. We were asked to look into this by a terminated individual, an much to our surprise and with less than 4 total hours of online work and numerous telephone calls we had all the available public information that we have made available for viewing and download. We ask for comments to support all views so a fair and honest picture can be discerned of this criminal (not our opinion but a confirmed fact)

New news article , here is the real culprit exposed not your friends or law abiding co-workers

http://bit.ly/qGHrl2

Back off people, we , yes TWB is three, we are black, white and as she says the best of both and a little Irish thrown in for good luck. This is about a criminal and what DOR has done to damage itself with poor hiring practices and bad management. Your best friends are black or white or male or female, bigotry is not your friend every it is the Devils number one hinchman.

If she was white, she'd be gone!

I have a friend that actually woks there at the department of revenue. She say the place is one big circus. There is even a guy working there by the name Dorian that has his own check cashing service right there in the building. I mean really how much other illegal stuff is going on in the building where taxes are being collected? Where is management when all this is going on? Why do the people that work there not speaking up?? Something is very wrong with this picture!

Not sure who posted the last comment however they know something. They were clearing big money accounts and pocketing money from big companies. Deon McCrimmon was over the consolidated unit that handles those big money accounts. Her flunky that worked in the unit under was the actual individual clearing the accounts. She was able to do so because Lee Lyons gave her his login information which came with more authority than she was capable of having. He lied and claimed he didnt know how she obtain it but he gave it to her. Deon McCrimmon would turn her head and let it go on. There is more to this story but whats done in the dark always comes to the light.

She was able to slip through the cracks thanks to Lee Lyons. He hired her so when she relocated to from Georgia to Florida so did her probation. Guess who her probation officer had to speak with when he called to verify her employment? You guessed it Lee Lyons!!! Lee Lyons, Deon McCrimmon and Deon Williams and Frank Medehue were all apart of somethig more elaborate than just hiring and firing people. The department wide audit determine ALOT!!!! Frank is currently not in the country. Deon Williams is running to Atlanta, Lee is just simply scared and not how to lie his way out of this and poor Deon was just a train wreck waiting to happen. This is what happens when the high ups only pay attention to the numbers.

Well as speaking as someone who has known and has a close family member that has felt the wrath of your angel so to speak....I TOTALLY Disagree. Its no secret who has helped her and who she has helped out in her time at DOR. So maybe you need to find out a little more info before you start praising her.

Let me see if I understand the last commenter, we are to believe a biased friend and confident of Deon instead of the US District Attorney's Office , the FBI and their special agents trained to investigate financial crimes. I tell you what I will change my mind when Deon gets my job back for me and says she lied on my dismissal papers. You are a real joke mister.

Let me first say this. This young lady my be many things but a crook nor is she a schemer. The person or persons who had nothing better to do with their time but to attempt to embarrasse and cause trouble for Ms. McCrimmon is one of the most honest and upstanding people you could ever meet. The problem is very simple and its not a case of defrauding anyone. Well not intenionally. So many time we are quick to judge people when in fact we should know the whole complete story before placing people on the chopping block. We can often see the small errors in the lives of other but are so blinded by the big blunders in our own life. As some one who is close to and knows this lady for over 20 years she has never not once done anything to scheme or be dishonest. Now lets look at teh facts according the person or person responsible for this reporting this old news. If I make 5.000 a month that allows me to moved into any home I want to move into. If my yearly take home is over 80.000 and I have investments and other property which bring in another 100.000 or more a year why would I have to lie on a home loan for an average home. Now the truth is that this lady did sign off on the home loan application and the amount of the monthly income was incorrect but it was enterd in incorrectly by the loan officer not Ms. McCrimmon. Her only mistake was rushing and not taking the time to read over the douments carefully and once she signed off on the loan forms it ment tht all information on the form was correct. This was an over sight on her part but the mistake was just tht a mistake. As any of us know the more you make the more uncle Sam will take and so yes her taxes was high and got out of control which lead to oweing the 200.000 in taxes. When you owe that much in taxes who would not try to come to an agreement to lower it. whats not stated in this article is that teh IRS was paid 75.000 out of her own pocket and the otehr agreed upon 150.000 was paid off by her dad. So now don't look like she owes uncle Sam a thing. As for the job. Ms. McCrimmon applied for and was interview and put through the same hiring process as anyone else and at the time she was hired in she knew not one person who had to do the hiring process. Oh I forgot she did know teh y head CEO GOD! Ms. McCrimmon was up front and honest about her legal situation al all times when she was hired and whenever it come up during any pomotions she may have recied she was open and honest about it all all who had a need to know. This article should be one to make us angry but not because of anything Ms McCrimmon did but our anger should be toward the ANONYMOUS person or persons who thought it was their business or your right to bring this past old news out when in fact teh powers to be already knew. Yes this angers me that we live in a world where someone would be so low as to try to cause problems for a person just doing her job and may I add I am sure her work record will speak for itself which will trump any stone you can toss. To you the owners of this mess I say you go terminated for not doing the jobs you was being paid to do and to those of you currently still working but who also had a hand in this. the time has come for you to get yours and being moved from department to department becasue of your inability to provide good work or becasue you are always calling out, Dont blame Ms. McCrimmon her job and terminating you. You termed yourself and to all of you who wish to pas judgement before you know the facts. If your currently unemployed you should be trying to apply for the person and persons who was so hell bent on giving false statements that they ask for anonymity. Apply for their jobs.