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B-194919 1 (1980-11-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjxk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: <A ,.I~ \.\iI~i UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE c WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL B-194919 .November 26, 1980 Mr. Paul H. Taylor Fiscal Assistant Secretary Department of the Treasury /1 Washington, D.C. 20220 / Dear Mr. Taylor: This responds to your request for relief of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Agent James Mason and Imprest Fund Cashiers Fred J. Cannon and James L. Moody from liability for monies taken from Agent Mason during a robbery. The request seeks relief in the amounts of $2,881 for Mr. Mason, $2,280 for Mr. Cannon, and $601 for Mr. Moody. For the reasons given below, we agree that relief should be granted to the named individuals in the amounts indicated. The IRS investigative reports show that Mr. Mason had been working as an undercover agent in a wagering investigation for approximately six months prior to the robbery. Pursuant to his work, Mr. Mason was sent by the IRS Phoenix Office to Las Vegas, during the week of September 17, 1978, to reestablish contact with two individuals involved in gambling in Phoenix. The Phoenix cashier, Mr. Cannon, advanced him approximately $2,280, in order to help him create the impression that he had a lot of money. The IRS Las Vegas Criminal Investigation Division (CID) also had requested his assistance in making contact with gambling figures in Las Vegas and the Las Vegas cashier, Mr. Moody, advanced him $601 for the same purpose. Early on the evening of September 19, Mason went to the Dunes Casino, where he lost $140 and repeatedly exposed the roll of money. He then went to Gal Gusso's Cocktail Lounge and Restaurant, whose owner was suspected of bookmaking at his bar. While in Gal Gusso's, Mason paid for drinks from money in his wallet rather than from his roll; however, the size of the roll apparently caused a bulge in his pants pocket. Mason remained in the lounge approximately two hours. As he approached his car after leaving, an object, which he thought to be a gun, was pushed against his back and he was told: Don't move -- or I'll blow your head off (or possibly ... blow you away). The assailant then demanded the roll in Mason's front pants pocket and also took his wallet and watch. Mason did not see the person who robbed him and could only describe him as someone approximately the same height as himself, whose voice seemed like that of a white man who did not have an accent associated with the Eastern or Mid-western parts of the United States. The roll of cash taken totalled some $3,500; approximately $2,280 from the Phoenix CID; $601 from the Las Vegas CID; and the rest in personal funds. The wallet contained approximately $35 and various personal items.

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