B-287043: May 29, 2001

GAO commented on the Department of State's request to relieve Ms. Gwendolyn A. Sawyer at the American Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe, for certifying improper payment resulting from fraudulent activity. GAO found that the record indicated that the officials who certified improper payments resulting from fraudulent activity did not know of, and by reasonable diligence could not have discovered, the fra...

B-287043: May 29, 2001

By reasonable diligence could not have discovered. There is nothing to suggest that the cashier who disbursed the funds should have been suspicious of the fraudulent nature of the transactions. Has expired the accountable officers' account is settled by operation of law. The officers have no liability for any deficiency in the account. Including information to clarify when the fraud was discovered...