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OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL
MEMORANDUM
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Date: September 15,1998
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To: File No. I98040011 - - - .
From: pecial Agent, Investigations Section
Re: Case Closeout
NSF-OIG Audit referred a finding to the Investigations Section
NSF supported
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ewed the audit findings and NSF grant for
potential misappropriation of NSF funds.
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Investimtion ,
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A review of the audit report found that the d ove&aid three fellows during
1996. Aftef the audit, the conducte a t orough re4ew of all fellowship
payments a*d concluded that no other fellows were overpaid
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The auditor stated that the overpayments appeared to be an ~ccountingerror, and the
r had reimbursed the NSF grant. The accountant at the stated that the
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overpayments resulted from an error in calculating the fellows' salaries. The fellows have
paid back the amount they were overpaid.
Conclusions
There is no evidence of misappropriation of funds and the ovl&rpayment appears to have
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been caused by an accounting error. Based on these findings: this case is closed.
Grant Fraud
Published by the National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General on 1998-09-15.
Below is a raw (and likely hideous) rendition of the original report. (PDF)