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B-196660 1 (1980-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjtr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Office of Washington, DC 20548 General Counsel In Reply Referto: B-196660 June .2, 1980 The Honorable Max Cleland Administrator, Veterans Administration Dear Mr. Cleland: This is in answer to a letter from the Controller of the Veterans Administration (VA) requesting that Theresa Williams, Class B-Cashjer at the VA Regional Office Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, beL k Rt9L.kS6 - reliee4of liabilitygunder the authority of 31 U.S.C. 82a-1 (1976) for the loss of $1,61 .38 in Government funds, incurred as a result of an apparent burglary. The shortage of $1,610.38 occurred between 4:30 P.M. on May 21, 1979 and approximately 7:40 A.M., May 22, 1979, at the start of business, when Lucille Ivey, an alternate cashier, upon entering the cashier cage discovered that the safe had been opened, that two cash boxes had been taken from the safe, and that the third one left at the scene had been opened and all the contents removed. She called her supervisor, Theresa Williams, and reported the loss. 'Ife U.S. Secret Service and the Philadelphia Police both investigated the incident but neither organization would consent to the release of their findings to the VA. The FBI was also called, but refused to investigate because the loss did not exceed $5,000. AVA investigation was conducted by Mr. Roe E. Ritt, who interviewed all :persons who might be able to furnish any information concerning the burglary. Three employees, Theresa Williams, Jennie Wray, and Lucille Ivey, had the combination to the safe and a copyof the combination was in the Director's office. Mrs. Ivey testified that she locked the safe about 4:30 P.M. on May 21st and Miss Edwina Lilly stated she had checked the safe immediately thereafter. There was no evidence that the door to the cashier's section was forced, nor was there evidence of forcible entry into the safe. Athletic shoe footprints found in the office, however, reinforced the burglary determination. The perpetrator could have easily climbed over the top of the glass partition at the front of the cashier's cage. Our Office is authorized to grant accountable officers relief from liability for losses arising under certain conditions prescribed Ol.jN '

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