IRS Worker Used Federal Plastic For Amazon Buys [she did this for four years without punishment]

The Smoking Gun ^ | May 21, 2013

[IYAS9YAS]

Or maybe not. Can't say that I've ever seen a "Hot Gals of the IRS" in any men's magazines.. d:^)

Check next month's Playboy...

Or Modern Dairy...

[IYAS9YAS]

A person who is self-aware will protect his or her reputition accordingly because “Good caracter benefit the owner more than others”

Odds are, the Blackberry in question is also Government issue. There were a ton of them around where I audited.

[Roccus]

Wonder if she claimed the value of what she charged as “imputed income”?

[PeterPrinciple]

The rules for these micro-purchasers actually make fraud easier, because they are often allowed blanked authority for supplies

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So that is what most likely happened here.

[IYAS9YAS]

So that is what most likely happened here.

More than likely, yes. There are two levels of purchase card holder (micro, which is below $3,000, $2,500 or $2,000 depending what's being purchased), and macro, which is everything over $3,000, but those macro purchasers also have limits based on their levels of authority. Purchasing Agents are generally lower than Contracting Officers, and Contracting Officers are also tiered based upon need and training/experience. In most of the fraud cases I've seen, it's been the micro-purchasers who've committed it.