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B-200642 1 (1983-12-05)

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                         THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
ECIION        i    .    OP THE UNITED STATUE
                         WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548


                                        -recember
FILE:     B-200642             DATE:

MATTER OF:       Civilian Employee of the Department of the
                 Air Force - Disposition of Suspected
                 Fraudulent Per Diem Claim - Reconsideration
DIGEST:          After Second Remand


     1.   This case which has now come before our
          Office for the third time concerns the
          disposition of a suspected fraudulent
          per diem claim about which the Air Force
          and the claimant still have many legal
          and factual disputes. On the basis of
          the evidence in the record, we believe
          that the Air Force has sustained its
          burden of proving fraud for 30 of the
          days during the first period of the
          claim. Thus, no reimbursement of per
          diem expenses may be allowed for those
          days.

     2.   As to the rest of the first period and
          all of the second period, we believe
          that the claimant's expenditures, as
          substantiated by the evidence developed
          during the Air Force's investigation,
          do not appear to be tainted by fraud.
          Thus, per diem is allowed for those days
          as shown by our calculation. Excess
          amount of recoupment should be refunded
          to claimant.

     This case concerning the disposition of a suspected
fraudulent per diem claim has now come before our Office for
the third time. In our first decision, Civilian Employee of
the Department of the Air Force, 60 Comp. Gen. 357 (1981),
we decided certain legal issues and remanded this case to
the Department of the Air Force for a recalculation of the
amount of suspected fraud and a determination of the number
of days, if any, for which fraudulent information was
submitted by claimant, a civilian employee of the Air Force
(Employee). Because the parties, through their counsel,
raised several questions concerning the recalculation, our
subsequent decision, Civilian Employee of the Department of
the Air Force, 61 Comp. Gen. 399 (1982), set forth in some
detail the procedures to be followed and we remanded the
matter to the Air Force again.

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