B-202695: Jun 17, 1982

Review and reconsideration were requested of a Claims Group decision concerning an employee's entitlement to reimbursement for expenditures claimed on a temporary duty travel voucher which the agency suspected was fraudulent in representing lodging costs. Based on the record presented, the Claims Group could find no clear inference of fraud and approved the payments specified on the voucher. In su...

B-202695: Jun 17, 1982

WHERE EMPLOYEE PROVIDES RECEIPTS FOR 2 OF 2-1/2 MONTHS OF HIS LODGING CLAIM AT $65 A MONTH AND RECEIPTS WERE NOT REQUIRED AT TIME TRAVEL WAS PERFORMED. IT IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME EMPLOYEE DID INCUR $32.50 LODGING COST FOR REMAINING 1/2 MONTH OF LODGING AND ABSENCE OF SUCH RECEIPT IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES DOES NOT EVIDENCE FRAUD. MANUEL NUNEZ TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENDITURES CLAIMED ON A TEMPORARY D...