Yes, this is the scandal that keeps on giving.
Paul Egan
The Detroit News
DETROIT — A paralegal at the U.S. Attorney’s Office is suspended after officials suspected she leaked confidential information to Detroit political consultant Sam Riddle while he was under criminal investigation, people familiar with the investigation said Monday.
Wendolyn Greene, formerly Wendolyn Johnson, answered “no” Monday when asked if she still worked for the federal prosecutor’s office in Detroit, where she was a paralegal in the special prosecutions unit. She then hung up her home phone.
“We had an employee by that name; I don’t know her status,” U.S. Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Gina Balaya said Monday when asked about Greene. Balaya later called back to clarify, saying Greene “is still an employee of this office.” Beyond that, “we can’t discuss her status at all,” she said.
People familiar with the investigation said the controversy arose about a year ago, close to the time that news of the Synagro Technologies Inc. bribery scandal became public. Riddle had dated Greene and federal officials suspected he got information from her relevant to an ongoing federal investigation, sources said.
