A Suffield man who authorities say helped his boss, a former state military department worker, allegedly pilfer state-owned scrap metal has paid a $250 fine for his involvement.
Thomas Tracey paid the ethics penalty for allegedly helping James Liss of Windsor Locks, who was his supervisor, sell the scrap metal for personal profit, the Office of State Ethics said Thursday. Tracey allegedly received $100 from Liss for his help, authorities said.
Tracey lost his state job in a related personnel action, they said.
“Even if a state employee’s boss says it’s okay,” OSE Executive Director Carol Carson said in a statement, “it’s not okay, if it’s not okay under the Code of Ethics.”
In June, the ethics office slapped Liss, who also lost his state job, with a $5,500 ethics penalty related to the scrap sale and a list of other job-related misconduct and misdeeds.
