Patent office workers played hooky, cheated the government out of millions

Patent office workers played hooky, cheated the government out of millions

Thousands of employees who review patents for the federal government potentially cheated taxpayers out of at least $18.3 million as they billed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for almost 300,000 hours they never worked, according to a new investigation. The Post's Lisa Rein tells you more.


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Uploaded: 2016-09-01

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