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B-190291 1 (1978-01-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfmn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I DECIBidN I -D C0 I THE COMPTROLLER GENERtAL O .THE UNiTED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. RO48 D %JT5I1 DATE: January 3, 1978 OF: Robert E. Bates, Jr., Deceased Unpaid Compens&tion--Indebtedness to United States Caceased employee was found to have obtained over $64,000 frco Governmint through falsified purchase orders and invoices. Indebtedness may be col- lhcted from unpaid salary and accrued annual leave. This action is in response to the request fo a decision t.tom Mr. Albert C. Allen, an authorized certifying officir of the Department if Health, Education, and Welfare, concerning the disposition of unpaid EcompenEstion due the beneficiaries cf Robert E. Bates, Jr., a deceased employee. The administrati.ve report states that an employee of %he Center for Disease Control (CDC) during the period from January 1969, through January 1977, obtained at least $64,836.85 from the Govern- ment through the use of falsified purchase orders and altered invoices. The report states further that the employee was notified by CDC of the termination of his eployment and that on the evening prior to his termination date the emplcyee allegedly committed suicide. The authorizad certifying officer inquires as to whether unpaid compensation in the amount of $10,276.22, representing unpaid salary and accrued annual leave, may be applied toward the deceased employee's indebtedness to the Government. CDC has also filed a notice for recovery of indebtedness with the U.S. Civil Service Commission to b? applied against The employee's retirement. contributions or such annuity as might be paid to his survivors. Our Office has long held nat where ant employee is 'indebted to the United States the debt nay be withheld or collected from final salary paymentz, lump-sum payments for leave, and retirement con- tributions or annuities. 29 Comp. Gen. 99 (1949); 21 id. 1000 (1942). See also Boerner v. Unized States, 117 F.2d 387 (2nd Cir. 1941); United States v. United States delity & Guaran t Co., 35 F.Supp. 959 (E. D. Pa. 1940); 2'Leary v. United States, 82 it. Cl. 305 (1936). j --2 MATTER OlGET: FILE: B-190291 I L-7

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