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B-212354 1 (1983-08-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlhc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .2 6/.2 3 ,DECISION FILE: B-212354 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 DATE: August 31, 1983 MATTER OF: Fraudulent Travel Voucher DIGEST: A fraudulent claim for lodgings or meals taints entire claim for an actual subsistence expense allowance for any day on which a fraudulent claim is submitted. Therefore, employee's claim for temporary quarters sub- sistence expenses for 30 days is denied in its entirety since employee misrepresented his actual daily lodging expenses and his daily food expenses. An authorized official of the Department of the Air Force, Headquarters Air Force Accounting and Finance Center, requests us to reconsider the action of our Claims Group in allowing temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) for a civilian employee in case Z-2837365. Upon reconsidering the case, we agree with the Air Force that the employee's original claim for his expenses was fraudulent and should be denied. The employee was transferred by the Air Force from a position at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas, to a new position at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas. In prep- aration for his March 16, 1976 reporting date he was issued travel orders on February 26, 1976, which, among other things, authorized 30 days of TQSE for the em- ployee and his dependent son. He vacated his residence at the old duty station on March 15, 1976, and moved into a temporary residence on this same date in the vicinity of the new duty station. He did not move into permanent quarters until June 28, 1976. Sometime in 1976 the employee filed a claim for TQSE in the amount of $1,199.24 for the allowable 30-day period that he and his dependent occupied temporary quarters. His daily itemization of expenses paid indi- cated that he had meal expenses of $898.80 and that all meals were purchased at commercial establishments. In support of lodging expenses of $250 he submitted a rent receipt indicating he paid $250 for two occupants from March 15 to April 15, 1976. Finally, he claimed $50.44 for laundry and dry cleaning expenses. 0461546

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