DC employee fined $25,000 for working second full-time job on government time

A Washington, D.C., government official has resigned after the city’s ethics board found she had been secretly working a separate full-time job and serving as an elected official in Virginia on government time.

Caroline Lian earned $175,000 per year as deputy director of the District of Columbia Department of Buildings while also earning a six-figure salary at Freddie Mac, according to a report from the District of Columbia Board of Ethics and Accountability.