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B-220119.1 1 (1988-11-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadngr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: aThe Comptroller General of the United States Washiae, D.C. 20648 Decision Matterof- Fraudulent Travel Claims File: B-220119.1 Date: November 14, 1988 DIGEST 1. Evidence that claimant submitted false receipts in support of vouchers for travel and transportation services that were not rendered and expenses that were not incurred is sufficient to overcome the presumption in favor of honesty and fair dealing. 2. Agency that sustains its burden of proof on fraudulent claims is entitled to recoupment. Recoupment by deductions from employee's current pay account is consistent with the purpose of 31 U.S.C. S 3711(c)(1). 3. Claimant who submitted fraudulent claims is not entitled to reimbursement even after expenses for travel and trans- portation are actually incurred approximately one year later. DECISION The claimant was removed from employment after an investi- qation disclosed that he had submitted fraudulent vouchers. He was subsequently reinstated pursuant to a negotiated settlement agreement which did not address his indebtedness to the government as a result of the fraudulent vouchers or the method of recoupment. The claimant now asks us to determine that the vouchers were not fraudulent and to order the agency to return all money recovered by payroll deductions. We hold that (1) the evidence in the record is sufficient to show that the claimant submitted fraudulent vouchers and (2) recoupment by payroll deductions was appropriate. BACKGROUND The claimant in this case is employed by the Department of the Army, Armament Research and Development Center 0 43 ?

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