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B-271895 1 (1996-09-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaegw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-271895 September 3, 1996 Sidney L. Kaplan Chairman Committee of Inquiry Into Fiscal Irregularities Department of State Dear Mr. Kaplan: This is in response to your request that we grant relief from liability under 31 U.S.C. § 3527 to Mr. John-Baptiste Diamesso, Class B Cashier, at the American Embassy in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, for the physical loss of $4,100 from his account. As explained in further detail below, we grant relief. Sometime in August 1994, the United States Secret Service confiscated $1,500 in counterfeit notes from a State Department employee travelling on temporary duty to the United States. Brazzaville Embassy records confirmed that the notes had been given to the employee by Mr. Diamesso. A follow-up investigation by Secret Service special agents at Brazzaville determined that the cashier possessed an additional $2,600 in counterfeit U.S. currency. It was later established that the counterfeit notes had all been received from the American Embassy Regional Finance Office in Kinshasa, Zaire, Brazzaville's usual source of supply for U.S. currency. The Secret Service then found that a much larger amount of counterfeit currency was in the possession of the Kinshasa Cashier. The Secret Service has determined that the 41 of Brazzaville's 100 dollar notes are super-dollars, extremely high quality counterfeit notes which can only detected by expert forensic examination. These notes easily pass visual and tactile inspection by experienced cashiers and cannot be detected by most commercial counterfeit detection machines. After reviewing the reports of the investigation the Committee of Inquiry Into Fiscal Irregularities, Department of State, determined that Mr. Diamesso was carrying out his official duties when the incident occurred and was without fault regarding the loss. He observed all requisite procedures for receipt, documentation and handling 1147830

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