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Steve Hobbs:
Case #07-120588
May 24,2007 rev]
Wit1ess Statement
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Witness:
Steve Hobbs:
Witness:
Steve Hobbs:
Witness:
Dum .. .I remember yes.
Did you hire him?
Yes.
And was he with you for ... when he was hired through til you left at least?
He was with me .. .I probably should've let him o. He wasn't really making his numbers
but that seemed to improve after I left. He and
.buddied up. It was a little
incongruous because he's kind of young and white an was older and black but
they seem to work well together and uh ... he was certainly more mature than most of the
high school students so it gavel
~omebody to ... work with as a partner.
Steve Hobbs:
Witness:
Steve Hobbs:
Witness:
Steve Hobbs:
Witness:
The name rings a bell but...
Urn ... quality control procedures while you were there ... did they seem to work in your
opinion? Were you able to ferret out what seemed to be suspicious?
Yes.
What was the scope of this uh ... problem of suspicious registrations? How many were
you catching on either a day or week or anytime you were there?
I don't recall numbers.
Steve Hobbs: Was it a big problem or ...
Witness:
Steve Hobbs:
Witness:
Steve Hobbs:
Witness:
No.
No.
HmMm. I didn't think it was. We let people go if we thought it was a problem. Urn ... we
might ... keep someone long enough to do the due diligence and verify the cards but if it
didn't pan out...there was no reason to keep them. We'd get rid of them.
Seemed to enjoy it.
~ad no problem doing that?
Steve Hobbs: What's your opinion about whether! Iwas ready to take over half of your
responsibility I guess along with""l ;..;;.&.,-'""Iaf"':"t-er-y ..... ou were let go?
Witness:
It was clear to me ... right after she came on board that she thought that she was ready for
all ofthe responsibility that the job entailed and I didn't really agree with that urn ... and
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