{"id":152568,"date":"2021-10-07T15:54:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T19:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=152568"},"modified":"2021-10-07T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:56:10","slug":"atf-whistleblower-claims-agency-giving-bonuses-to-unqualified-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/atf-whistleblower-claims-agency-giving-bonuses-to-unqualified-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"ATF Whistleblower Claims Agency Giving Bonuses to Unqualified Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" title=\"ATF Whistleblower Claims Agency Giving Bonuses to Unqualified Employees\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/atf.jpg\" alt=\"ATF Whistleblower Claims Agency Giving Bonuses to Unqualified Employees\" class=\"wp-image-152574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/atf.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/atf-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/atf-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/atf-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>A former information specialist for the ATF claims that the agency is giving bonus pay to unqualified employees. (<em>Photo: CBS<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/whistleblower-atf-bonuses-allege-fraud-waste-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-whistleblower-claims-agency-giving-bonuses-to-unqualified-employees\" title=\"ATF Whistleblower Claims Agency Giving Bonuses to Unqualified Employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Speaking to CBS<\/a>, an Army veteran and whistleblower formerly with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, is alleging that the agency is employing a bonus system that could be costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scheme involves what&#8217;s known as Law Enforcement Availability Pay, or LEAP bonus pay. These LEAP bonuses are offered to select employees that perform special investigative duties which requires them to be on-call and work unscheduled hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employees eligible for LEAP bonuses get a 25 percent increase over their base pay as compensation for their additional work. The whistleblower is alleging that employees in administrative positions are receiving LEAP bonuses even if they don&#8217;t qualify for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;So, if you were making $100,000 and you got LEAP, you would get $125,000,&#8221; the whistleblower said, asking to remain anonymous with just the name &#8220;Joe.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If you were functioning in an administrative capacity, you don&#8217;t qualify for the pay,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So you&#8217;re not supposed to get it. A lot of people were getting it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A former information specialist with the Human Resources Department, the whistleblower eventually lost his job after raising concerns about the LEAP bonuses going to administrative employees, not just investigators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emails from his supervisors indicate that they were upset about Joe&#8217;s complaints. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/breaking-biden-nixes-chipmans-nomination-to-head-atf\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-whistleblower-claims-agency-giving-bonuses-to-unqualified-employees\" title=\"ATF Whistleblower Claims Agency Giving Bonuses to Unqualified Employees\">Biden Nixes Chipman\u2019s Nomination to Head ATF<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to records, the whistleblower&#8217;s performance reviews went from &#8220;fully successful&#8221; in 2019 to &#8220;minimally successful&#8221; after making a complaint about the pay issues, eventually dropping to &#8220;unacceptable performance&#8221; before losing his position last summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe said the message was simple. &#8220;Don&#8217;t look over there,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Just because you see someone stealing money out of the ATM, you don&#8217;t have to say anything.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An attorney with the Office of the Special Counsel, or OSC, began investigating the ATF last year. 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