About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-243685 1 (1991-07-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadiuz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: B-243EE5 J1y I_, C991 Mr. Melvin L. Hines Deputy Associate Comptroller Financial Operations Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520 Dear Mr. Dudley: By letter of April 4, 1991, you asked that we relieve Mr. Farouk Hibri, Class B Cashier, in the United-States Embassy in Beirut, of liability for a shortage of S1,000.00 due to his acceptance of ten couerfeit $100 bills. For the following reasons, we are unable to grant relief. In B-239724, Oct. 11, 1990 we granted relief to Mr. Harris Evangelides, Principal Class B Cashier, in the United States Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus of liability for the shortage. iowever, we could not authorize you to charge the proper appropriation with the loss since Mr. Hibri is potentially liable for the loss. The record indicates that Mr. Hibri accepted the ten counterfeit $100.00 bills at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut during the spring or summer of 1989. The origin of the counterfeit bills is unknown.l/ However, a telex from the Embassy, Nicosia, to the State Department, Washington, D.C., indicates that the irregularity occurred in Beirut. As such, Mr. Hibri I/ As we stated in our earlier letter: The record reflects that there are several sources from which the U.S. Embassy cashier in Beirut receives U.S. currency. The majority of the Embassy's U.S. currency is received from the American Express Bank, Beirut, to cover payroll and cash payment requirements. U.S. dollars are also received for accommodation exchanges from American and Foreign Service Nationals. Moreover, in March/April of 1989, when American Express Bank, Beirut, did not have enough U.S. dollars for the Embassy, $414,000, all in $100 bills, was brought into Beirut by a State Department officer. Those bills-were obta 1ed from the Bank of Cyprus. B-239724, Oct. 11, -19 90.q%

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most