A former employee is suing Quincy Township, claiming officials retaliated against him for informing law enforcement about alleged fraud.
Corey Kaiser, Waynesboro, says the township violated Pennsylvania's Whistleblower Law by discriminating against him in the workplace and, ultimately, firing him, according to the complaint filed in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. He is seeking a jury trial.
Kaiser was among those who were witnesses in the investigation of Kerry Bumbaugh, the complaint states. A Quincy Township supervisor since 1990, Bumbaugh was indicted last year on a long list of charges including theft, insurance fraud, forgery, and tampering with public records for allegedly defrauding the township and taxpayers of about $150,000 by falsifying records to obtain grant money and using township resources for personal projects.
Former township employee Travis Schooley was charged a couple months later for allegedly being involved in Bumbaugh's scheme.
Bumbaugh, 57, was found dead at the Quincy Township municipal office in December.
The complaint states Kaiser, an employee since 2007, learned of "certain conduct ... that wasted the resources of the Township," and that once agencies at the local, state and federal levels began investigations, he "cooperated with law enforcement agencies by making good faith reports" about what he knew.
Township officials began a "campaign of retaliation and harassment" after learning about Kaiser's discussions with...
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