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Charles Oliver

Brickbats: June 2026

Federal officials arrested and indicted Christopher Southerland for stealing government-issued cellphones worth more than $150,000 while he worked as a system administrator for the U.S. House of Representatives. Prosecutors say Southerland ordered 240 extra phones shipped to his home and sold most of them to a pawn shop. The theft was uncovered when he sold a phone on eBay and the buyer called a number preloaded in the phone, which rang House I.T. support.

Illustration: Peter Bagge
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