WATER WORKS SCANDAL 

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE IN CINCINNATI HAS ADMITTED TO PROFITING FROM AN ILLEGAL RECYCLING SCHEME.
CINCINNATI WATER WORKS EMPLOYEE, 64-YEAR-OLD VICTOR MCKINNEY RESIGNED HIS POSITION IN LIEU OF TERMINATION BACK ON JULY 8TH. THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER REPORTS THAT HE ADMITTED TO DIVERTING LEAD PIPES TO METAL SCRAPPERS AND POCKETING A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FOR HIMSELF. THOSE PIPES WERE MEANT FOR RECYCLERS WITH THE MONEY COMING BACK TO CINCINNATI. SIX OTHER EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN REPRIMANDED FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT. MCKINNEY HAS YET TO BE CRIMINALLY CHARGED BUT HIS ACTIONS CONSTITUTE AN UNLAWFUL INTEREST IN A PUBLIC CONTRACT.