Normally I would not be the kind to advocate this, and I don't even claim to know the full story, but

Have you also considered legal action vs your former employer for 2 reasons

1) They deserve it
2) Get it off your employment record as a firing (yea now you have a lawsuit vs an employer, but a new potential employer can't hold that against you technically, but they can hold up a card saying you were fired)

~notes that it is 2am where he is and he is at work~ ~questions own sanity right now~