Chilldo: I think you have experience (!!) along these lines and it didnt cross you mind to start sleeping with anyone in connection with your work.
Suppose:
your wifey upped and left you with four children,
and said I am not who you think: I only was investigating corruption in the red caps
you: but I'm not a red-cap ( or whatever ) and does it really take four years ?
Your next question would be : how one earth do I bring these kids up ? - does she realise what nursery fees are nowadays....
I think itis a small-ish sum
In terms of the law and the officers paying, themselves
After a French reds in the bed scandal, President Pompidou said if I had to have a Cabinet all of whom had no mistresses I would have to appoint 15 homosexuals - sorry I had to slip that one liner in
and more to the point: the employer knew exactly what they were doing had put them up to it, and so has to pay. The principle is vicarious liabliity, and as you can imagine there is lots of case law where the employer says " ah yes but so-and-so, so I dont have to pay. Someone who cant pay, has to, to wit, the employee"
[ and lots of case law where Denning J says: not so fast...... ]