CQPoliticsIt sounds like a sequel to "The Italian Job": a band of ex-CIA operatives sets up a consulting firm to investigate corporate fraud -- then gets ripped off in a con job by one of their own.But the facts surrounding a suit filed in D.C. Superior Court this week are all too true.
The partners of TD International, led by a former CIA agent expelled from France in a 1995 spy scandal, have filed suit against a partner who they say embezzled over a million dollars out of them through a false billing scam. The accused is Steven Fleischmann, who described himself on his company Web site as "a former U.S. diplomat and operations strategist." In reality, according to a source close to the firm, he worked for the State Department's office of Intelligence and Research on nuclear nonproliferation issues.
His accusers include TDI managing partner William Green III, "a former U.S. diplomat specializing in multilateral affairs within the United Nations, NATO and the European Union frameworks," according to the company Web site.
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