Reports surfaced last year that Michael Matheson, a Scottish politician, had managed to rack up a whopping £11,000 (around $14,000) in roaming data charges on his work iPad while on a family holiday in Morocco. At the time we were told that the reason for the bill was the man's reluctance to change the SIM card to one approved by the government's IT professionals. It later transpired that the huge amount of data usage was because his kids had used the iPad as a mobile hotspot to watch a soccer game.
The fallout of the incident continues to rumble on and while Matheson has now paid for the charges himself, more punishment is expected. He's now been told that he could face a 27-day ban from parliament as well as a 54-day reduction in salary.
