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A senior US Air Force hypersonic missile scientist duped his colleague into hiring a prostitute at a top military research team so that he could continue paying for her services without his wife's knowledge, a search warrant revealed.

Dr. James Gord was accused of tricking a supervisor into hiring the 32-year-old sex worker, Amanda F. Savino, onto a team tasked with developing hypersonic jet engines and rockets at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, in 2017, a warrant obtained by the Daily Beast showed.

Although Savino's incompetence in physics, engineering, and the basic use of word processors was quickly revealed during her day-to-day at the office, she was soon offering what expertise she did have to other scientists at the base, with one individual paying her $20,000-a-year to clean his apartment in the nude before engaging in oral sex.

As the plot began to unravel and the duped supervisor attempted to oust Savino from her post, Gord became erratic and threatened to kill the supervisor and himself, but ultimately transferred the prostitute to another military contractor and $150,000 in funding to pay for her salary.

Investigators also turned up a spreadsheet on Gord's government issued laptop on which he curated a list of at least 27 prostitutes he frequented while on US Government trips. Several of the prostitutes were deemed to be from nations considered a threat to US security. 

Gord, who told his colleague he did not want his wife and family to find out about his affairs, died under unknown circumstances in 2021. The warrant, which was filed in December of 2019, sought access to Gord's email account for evidence of embezzlement/misuse of government property, false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims, ethnic intimidation, aggravated menacing, and extortion of officers or employees of the United States.

Savino was being investigated for false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims, and prostitution near military and naval establishments. It is unclear where the case against her stands.

The warrant stated that in October 2017 Gord - who had a laundry list of academic and professional achievements, awards, degrees, and patents to his name - came to Spectral Energies CEO Sukesh Roy with a sure-bet hire for an administrative technician role he was looking to fill. 

Spectral Energies had received millions in government funding and been contracting at Wright-Patterson for 17 years, the warrant noted. Gord was in charge of the contractor's technology, and was also tasked with allocating its funds. 

The warrant said Gord told Roy he had 'recently met a young professional while on a flight to Washington, D.C. [identified as Savino] and was very impressed with how she presented herself.'

Gord told Roy he felt Savino would be a 'good fit' for Spectral Energies, and that she had provided him a resume of her accomplishments which included a degree in biochemistry from the University of Tennessee, and qualifications from the University of Cincinnati medical school. 

'Gorg highly encouraged Roy to hire Savino, speaking favorably of Savino's technical expertise,' the warrant read, 'He then finished by stating 'she's also really hot.''

Following the advice of his friend and reputable colleague - who the Air Force wrote 'had produced myriad fundamental technology breakthroughs in burst-mode laser measurement systems' - Roy hired Savino for a November 2017 start date.

Savino's incompetence became immediately apparent, the warrant states, and Roy 'quickly became frustrated with Savino's lack of capability in the position.'

'Over her first few months on the job, Roy stated Savino was not timely with her [expenses], did not fully understand how to use basic word processing and document creation software, and struggled to formulate coherent interoffice emails.'

After she failed to provide her college transcripts, Roy discovered that her resume was fabricated, and that she possessed none of the qualifications she and Gord had claimed she did.

When Roy confronted Gord about the revelation, he owned up to the truth of his relationship with Savino.

'Gord disclosed Savino was a prostitute he met in Cincinnati, OH.'

 'Gord told Roy he did not want his wife or children to know about his relationships with these women,' the warrant read, while also detailing how he confessed to curating a spreadsheet of at least 27 prostitutes across the country who he would patronize while traveling on US government business.

'Gord told Roy he would take out cash advances against his government travel card to pay these women so

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