John Beale, a former official at the US Environmental Protection Agency, was sentenced on 18 December to 32 months in prison for stealing nearly US$900,000 from the organization. Starting in 2000， Beale collected a salary and travel reimbursements while skipping a total of 2.5 years of work and falsely claiming to be working for the US Central Intelligence Agency. Beale has agreed to pay the government nearly $1.4 million in restitution and penalties.
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机译：约翰·比尔（John Beale）是美国环境保护署的前任官员，因从该组织窃取了近90万美元，于12月18日被判入狱32个月。从2000年开始，比尔（Beale）领取了工资和差旅费报销，却跳过了总共2.5年的工作，并错误地声称自己在美国中央情报局（US Central Intelligence Agency）工作。比尔已同意向政府支付近140万美元的赔偿和罚款。
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