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
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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
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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)