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B-219217 1 (1986-01-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmdl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: IL C THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECIUION OF THE UNITSO STATEN WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20M48 FILE: B-219217 DATE: January 21, 1986 MATTER OF: Fraudulent Travel Claim DIGEST: An Army officer performed temporary duty in high cost area for which subsistence reimbursement was authorized on an actual expense basis not to exceed $75 per day. He admitted the amounts he claimed for meals were not accurate because he did not keep a record of his actual expenses for meals and he received an administrative reprimand in writing based upon a charge of submit- ting a false claim. Since his subsis- tence expense claim for each day is tainted by fraud, he may not be paid any subsistence expenses for the temporary duty performed. A captain in the Army requests reconsideration of our Claims Group's January 25, 1985 disallowance of his claim for travel expenses incident to the performance of temporary duty. The claim must be disallowed since the travel voucher he submitted was fraudulent. Background The claimant was stationed at Port Gordon, Georgia, when he was ordered under competent orders to perform temporary duty beginning June 24, 1984, for approximately 14 days in Boston, Massachusetts. He received a travel advance in the amount of $1,359 to cover the expenses of his trip. Upon his return to Fort Gordon, he filed a voucher for expenses incurred during temporary duty covering the period June 24 through July 6, 1984. His claim was for 12 days subsistence predicated upon actual cost reimburse- ment of $75 per day. Boston, Massachusetts, is located in a high cost area (Middlesex County) so the actual subsistence expenses were allowable with a daily maximum of $75 for lodging, meals, and laundry expenses. Joint Travel Regula- tions, Vol. 1, para. M4000-1 and Appendix L. The claimant

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