Ex-Interior exec pleads guilty to credit-card misuse

Published November 26, 2008 5:00am ET



A former executive for the Department of the Interior is facing 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he used his government-issued credit card to go on a shopping spree.

Jamoya Mobutu was an anti-discrimination officer for the agency. He pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to using his government credit card to buy nearly $5,000 worth of computers, briefcases and cameras.

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