A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee appealed a Claims Group settlement disallowing him actual subsistence expenses based on its determination that his lodging expenses claim was of doubtful validity. FAA had determined that, since the employee had filed false claims for motel and private lodging costs, he was therefore not entitled to subsistence expenses, and it requested that the em...

DETERMINING THAT HE HAD MISSTATED HIS MOTEL EXPENSES BECAUSE THE PAYMENTS RECORDED ON HIS RECEIPTS WERE HIGHER THAN THOSE ENTERED INTO THE MOTEL RECORDS. WE FIND THAT THE AGENCY'S EVIDENCE IS INSUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH FRAUD ON THE PART OF THE EMPLOYEE. THE EMPLOYEE MAY BE REIMBURSED ONLY FOR THOSE LODGING PAYMENTS WHICH ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE MOTEL RECORDS. FRAUDULENT TRAVEL CLAIM: AN EMPLOYEE OF T...