Former Congressional Employee Accused of Stealing 240 Phones NYT Par :Alexandra E. Petri 13 janvier 2026 à 00:28 A Maryland man used his government job to order new cellphones worth over $150,000 and then sell them to a pawnshop, federal prosecutors said. © Tierney L. Cross/The New York TimesThe man accused in the theft, Christopher Southerland, was a system administrator for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure from April 2020 to July 2023.