Who says crime doesn't pay? Kimberly Graves, former head of a VA regional office in Minnesota, was caught by the VA inspector general manipulating the system to pocket $130,000.  Instead of going to jail, she was demoted.  Now the Merit Systems Protection Board has ruled that the VA acted improperly and reinstated Graves to her former position. Washington Examiner: Kimberly Graves, former head of a VA regional office in Minnesota, appeared before the Merit Systems Protection Board Wednesday to appeal the VA's decision to strip her of her title in the wake of a scathing inspector general report. That report found Graves hadpressured a colleague to leave his job so she could manipulate an employee relocation program and pocket nearly $130,000 Diana Rubens, another VA official named in the watchdog report, will learn her fate Monday. Rubens was accused by the inspector general of creating a less-demanding position for herself at the VA's...(Read Full Post)