“Customs is in kind of a unique...
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“Customs is in kind of a unique position because we enforce not only our own laws, but also those of 40 other different government agencies. So, unfortunately, if an employee wanted to go bad, they could go bad in any number of different ways.”
--U.S. Customs spokeswoman Maryanne Noonan, after the indictment here of former Customs Supervisor Betty J. Jones on charges of embezzling $840,000 collected from more than 10,000 passengers at Los Angeles International Airport.
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