Daniel J. Glauber Pleads Guilty to Timesheet Fraud at OPM, NSA

Daniel J. Glauber, 44, of Fort Worth, Texas, admitted to a federal crime that reeks of entitlement and deception—falsifying timesheets while working as a contract employee at two high-security federal agencies simultaneously. Glauber pled guilty today in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to making false statements, a charge stemming from his brazen scheme to collect paychecks for hours he never worked at both the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the National Security Agency (NSA).

The scam ran from May through August 2012. Hired in April 2012 as a systems administrator for OPM, Glauber was required to work on-site 40 hours a week. Unbeknownst to OPM, he secured a second contract in May 2012 as a subcontractor at NSA—also requiring full-time, on-site labor. He held both jobs without either agency’s knowledge, juggling identities while billing hours he never logged.

OPM’s Office of the Inspector General cracked the case open by reviewing building access records. They found Glauber billed 323.75 hours between May and August 2012 when he wasn’t even inside the facility. For those phantom hours, he collected $43,706. After termination, OPM discovered his dual employment—a revelation that triggered a deeper federal sweep.

NSA investigators followed the trail and uncovered their own hemorrhage: 269.5 hours billed but not worked, costing the agency $26,940. Combined, Glauber pocketed $70,646 in fraudulent wages from two agencies tasked with protecting national integrity—while eroding it from within.

The charge carries a statutory maximum of five years in prison. Under federal sentencing guidelines, Glauber faces six to 12 months behind bars and a fine up to $20,000. As part of his plea agreement, he is required to repay the full $70,646 in restitution. Sentencing is set for Feb. 17, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon.

U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Norbert E. Vint (Deputy Inspector General, OPM), and Russell Decker (Acting Inspector General, NSA) credited the dogged work of Special Agent Christopher Sulhoff of OPM’s OIG, NSA’s investigative team, and prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office—including Assistant U.S. Attorney Teresa A. Howie and Paralegal Specialists Kaitlyn Krueger, Christopher Toms, and Jessica Mundi—for exposing the scheme and holding Glauber accountable.