NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATiON
4201 WILSON BOULEVARD
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22230
1 OFFICE OF
1 . INSPECTOR GENERAL
~ MEMORANDUM
~ Date: November 6,1998
1 To: File No. I98080020
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Via:
Re:
Background:
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1 An audit review of conference awards found indications of otential duplicate charging of travel
expenses by Dr. rofessor o I ) r the 1997 summe-
Conference trip
, $200,50
n conjunction with
Investigation:
C
We asked for travel vouchers and source documents for conference tr
from Dr. ome institution and for the last 5 years from th
ent us a total of six travel vouchers an
documents for one conference.
Both institutions sent us travel documents fdr one trip to a 1 9 9 E o n f e r e n c e , in Seattle,
WA.
In addition, th
confirmed that
Conference and received reimbursement.
the total amount they reimbursed and identified each travel expense. e found no evidence of
duplicate travel reimbursements to Dr for this trip.
Findings:
Although the initial audit review suggested potential fraudulent activity, we have found no
evidence of duplicate travel reimbursements to Dr. r the one trip we have source
documents for the 19 9 7 m p .
No further review is warranted at this time. 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)