MEMORANDUM Date: October 29, 1998 To: , From: cia1-Agent, Investigations Section- - - Through: -pecial Agent-in-Charg Re: Case Closeout Background We received an anonymous allegation on the OIG hotline stating h ta-tas - misusing funds from his NSF awards. The caller stated that she was the sister of a woman who was involved in an affair wit and that he had used his grant money to visit her sister and to pay for other non-gran related expenses. Investigation g his ex-wife and children since. investigation of thes On October 29, 1998, we received a copy University audit report. The report stated that the auditors had reviewed travel expenses, phone usage - made to his reports, and the charges five vears. The auditors found d supporting documentation for all of his ravel costs, and found no ges to his NSF grant. They did find that b h a d failed to reimburse the university for personal telephone calls totaling approximately $2,268.00. -rovide-with a statement that he would reimburse the university. Findings isappropriated $2,268.00 in university resources, there is no Ir *lthoug- indication a e was misusing his NSF grant funds. No further investigation is warranted at this time, and this case is closed.
Grant Fraud
Published by the National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General on 1998-11-12.
Below is a raw (and likely hideous) rendition of the original report. (PDF)