Vivek Kundra's Crime was Shoplifting at J.C. Penney

This came up along with the raid on his prior place of employment raided by the FBI. Ok, I have one question to ask, where’ the background checks on these folks? I guess this one was admitted though, but the time element was off? According to the articles, he was 22 when he committed the shoplifting crime, old enough to know better, in my opinion I think so, not like a young teenager under 16.

That’s just my opinion, but thus far is has not stopped his progress, but government gives opportunities to work where private industry may not. That’s the latest chapter on our CIO, so I hope he’s smarter when it comes to “On hands” knowledge, gee even back in 1997 they had camera surveillance in the stores. We still really need the “SMART” people in key places with first hand experience so I hope this is not just someone to administrate without being the real thing. BD

We've been wondering what happened with 'America's CIO' Vivek Kundra's 1997 misdemeanor theft conviction, the one the White House dismissed as "youthful indiscretion."

Now we know: Vivek shoplifted four shirts, worth $134 combined. From J.C. Penney.

At an average of $33.50 a pop, they weren't even nice shirts, even in 1996 dollars. (The crime was 1996, the conviction 1997.)

And then, when Vivek got caught, he ran for it. He didn't get away.

A 1996 Montgomery County, Md., police report obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday under a public records law shows Vivek Kundra was observed by a security guard putting the men's shirts into a shopping bag and leaving the store without paying. Sgt. Tom Stanton wrote that Kundra was arrested after a brief foot chase and the property was recovered.

Vivek Kundra's Crime: Shoplifted Some Shirts From J.C. Penney