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B-247574 1 (1992-03-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoag0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Wadington, DC, 20548 Decision Matter of: Fraudulent Travel Claim File: B-247574 Date: March 18, 1992 DIGEST Claimant submits a fraudulent travel voucher and is paid for travel and transportation expenses for his dependents who did not travel at the time the expenses were claimed in connection with a permanent change of station, Because of this fraud, claimant cannot later reclaim these expenses even when these expenses are actually incurred by his dependents, since the fraudulent submissions are viewed as vitiating any payment arising out of the transaction. DECISION This decision is in response to an Air Force member's claim for dependent travel and transportation costs and a dislocation allowance, in connection with his permanent change of station move from Thule Air Force Base, Greenland, to Francis E, Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. The Air Force denied payment and forwarded the member's claim to this Office, On March 14, 1990, the member was ordered to make a permanent change of station to Wyoming, and his dependents were authorized to travel from Colorado Springs, Colorado to Wyoming. The member submitted a claim for dependent travel and a dislocation allowance on June 28, 1990. However, an Air Force investigation found this claim to be fraudulent because the member's family had not moved from their home in Colorado. The government recouped the amount paid. On April 28, 1991, the member's dependents actually moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming. At that time, the member resubmitted a claim for their travel and transportation expenses and a dislocation allowance for relocating his household, There is no allegation of fraud on this second claim. However, the Air Force denied this second claim, arguing that there can only be one entitlement per permanent change of station order, and the first fraudulent claim nullifies this second claim,

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