A Connecticut state government lawyer has agreed to pay a $1,000 fine for posing as an anonymous whistleblower in a letter that played a role in her boss’ firing.
The Office of State Ethics says Maureen Duggan, former attorney with the old State Ethics Commission, failed to conduct herself “in a manner which promotes the integrity and impartiality” of the commission.
Duggan has admitted she wrote a 2004 letter pretending to be an anonymous parking lot attendant, raising misconduct concerns about then-state Ethics Director Alan Plofsky. She says she feared retaliation.
Plofsky was later fired. He denied all charges and appealed to a state panel that reinstated him, but not to his old job. He retired in May 2008.
Duggan now works for the Department of Children and Families. (AP)
