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OICISION K
FILE: B-219887
THE COMPTROLLER OENERAL
OP THE UNITEO STATES
WASHINOTON. O.C. 20545
DATE: January 21, 1986
MATTER OF: Fraudulent Claim
OIGEST:
An Army member presented a voucher for meal
costs and other travel expenses relating to
temporary duty at a high-cost geographical
area. The record shows that the voucher
contained identical meal amounts for 26 days,
the total daily amounts approached the high-
cost area ceiling, and the claimant admitted
that he claimed inaccurate amounts for meals
and gave an inaccurate statement concerning
their nature. Where there are strong indica-
tions of fraud, as here, failure to prosecute
does not preclude disallowance of the particu-
lar item and all daily subsistence expenses
tainted by the fraudulent item. The Claims
Group's settlement is sustained.
This is a review of action taken by our Claims Group in
denying claims presented by an Army Sergeant for meal costs
and other temporary duty travel expenses.]/
We sustain the disallowance of the claim for subsistence
expenses in view of the fact that the claim for meal costs
was not predicated upon actual expenses, an indication of
fraud which taints the subsistence cost claims for each day
of temporary duty worked.
Facts
In January 1983 the claimant was ordered by the
2d Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas, to temporary duty for
training at Fort Lee, Virginia, a high-cost area. The member
presented a travel voucher for lodging, meals, transportation
and other expenses but the finance officer refused to settle
the claims based on his determination that the claim for
meals was fraudulent. Although the Military Police after
investigating the facts did not pursue charges because they
1/ Our Claims Group disallowed the claim, No. Z-2854148,
by Settlement Certificate dated June 1984.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadmdr0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)