Mechanical engineer Nicole Kristen Schuster carried out an audacious fraud in pursuit of la dolce vita, according to investigators.
A U.S. Navy civilian employee buckling under the weight of massive student loan debt but “infatuated” with European travel allegedly hatched a scheme to improperly funnel more than $26 million worth of military contracts to an Italian company she hoped would hire her away.
She was good at her job but considered “crazy” by some of her coworkers, who also told NCIS agents the Georgia Tech grad was a “compulsive liar” and “manipulator” who often “used ‘flirting’ to get her way” the affidavit goes on, noting that Schuster received a formal warning in 2017 for “offensive, vulgar, and racial comments.”
Schuster was hit early Wednesday with one count of unauthorized disclosure of contractor bid, proposal, and source selection information, which carries up to five years in prison. In late July, NCIS agents gained access to the unclassified portions of Schuster’s U.S. Navy email account, according to the affidavit.
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