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B-211220 1 (1983-09-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlis0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20549 FILE: B-211220 DATE: September 27, 1983 MATTER OF: Per Diem Claim DIGEST: As part of a per diem claim, a Navy member claimed lodging costs which a Navy investi- gation determined not to be factual. A fraudulent claim for lodgings taints the entire claim for per diem for days for which fraudulent information is submitted and per diem payments will not be made to an individual for those days. A lieutenant in the Navy requests reconsideration of our Claims Group's December 22, 1982 disallowance of his claim for per diem. The claim must be disallowed since the Navy has determined that his claim was based on statements that were not factual in regard to lodging, and the officer has not submitted evidence to refute the Navy's finding. A fraudulent statement with respect to lodging costs taints the entire claim for per diem requiring its disallowance. The claimant performed temporary duty under competent orders at the Navy Recruiting Command, Orlando, Florida. Government quarters and messing were not available. He submitted a claim and was paid per diem for 29 days at the rate of $41 per day for the period March 13 through April 10, 1981, in the amount of $1,189. The lodging costs he claimed to have incurred during this period were fees and charges he indicated he paid at various campgrounds where he stayed in his camper. However, based on a Naval Investigative Service report that his claim was not based on lodging costs actually incurred, the claim was considered to be tainted with fraud and the entire amount paid for per diem was disallowed and collection was made from his pay. The claimant, in his original request for payment, con- tended that when he first submitted his travel claim he in- cluded times, dates, and places of his itinerary but did not claim any specific amounts. He indicated that he had lost his receipts for the campsite fees and that on advice of finance officials he had submitted estimates of daily expenses which were subsequently disallowed on his voucher. He stated that the Naval Investigative Service was unable to confirm his estimates or to verify that he had been at various campsites in the Orlando area on the days he indicated he had stayed there. He further indicated that he

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