I work for the VA, and at my facility, Travel cards are audited all the time and signed off by superiors. It would be very hard to do that here.
They all most likely do this. In a “deep” recession (as Obama says- JUST CALL IT A depression)these things will be forefront in ticking people off. They are all out of control.
a Department of Defense employee who requested and received reimbursements for 13 airline tickets totaling almost $10,000 that he did not purchase, and a Department of State employee who took an unauthorized trip to Hawaii on a first-class ticket,” said the Congressional Research Service report.
A spokesperson for those named above said, “This is outrageous. They thought they were using their own credit cards and became very concerned when the charges didn’t show up on their personal bills. It was simply an oversight which will be corrected. We can then move on and not look to the past.”/s
Couldn’t he see this was abusive?
Must keep an eye on this kind of thing.
Among some of the more egregious examples of card misuse.Bet the list is a long one.
I say punishment should be an eye for an eye.
Well heck, they have to spend all that democrat and Obama money somehow. You know, the money that was stolen from our retirements and our children and grandchildren’s futures.
Yes, some of the very same money that should have gone out in tax breaks so that small businessmen may have grown and hired people that are now out of jobs and losing everything they have worked for. I mean, some of the same money that could have been used to encourage, “Drill here, Drill now”, treatment plants and nuclear facilities.
This went far beyond “unauthorized”. These expenditures amount to Felony theft and these crooks should be arrested and charged accordingly.
I would be willing to bet all of my treasure that these kinds of thefts are being committed all over our country... in my larger amounts.
I am not clear on this...did the govt. actually PAY for his surgery? I once had a corporate Amex card, and they were okay with me making personal purchases on it so long as I declared and reimbursed them.
At least he was smart enough to NOT wait for Obamacare.
Folks were getting suspicious, but it was a co-worker who blew the lid off it.
Claiming reimbursement for 13 tickets that were never purchased was not a mistake............
Universal health care. The “official” will send the card on to you, if you need it.
Golly, corruption at all levels of our corrupt government.
Who would have thought it???
So, the empty suit charged the tax payers $250,000.00 for a diner date and $14,000,000.00 for his families vacation which included their fish and chip lunch and its tip.
...then we all go back to our lives and nothing changes.
There IS no accountability in our government, so save your outrage. Government employees can do whatever they @#$% well please.