That wasn’t stated clearly. Regardless of the truth of the latest allegation (the basis of the NY Post article), the former VP would have been fired and prosecuted if he was a regular employee because his son’s job (with no related background) in an organization that would be expected to interact with the father’s agency suggests conflicts of interest. Regardless of the actual intention of hiring the son, or lack of attempts to misuse the father’s position to influence things on the employer’s behalf, it violates the “avoid the appearance of impropriety” portion of government conduct standards.

I’m not meaning to endorse the claims of actual misconduct, because I don’t have any knowledge thereof. Just that actual misconduct is not necessary to end one’s employment and subject one to prosecution.