- Closeout MEMORANDUM Date: October 13, 1998 To: File No. I9808 , -- -.............-. - ........... . . - ............... . . . . . . . From: Through: ent-in-Charge, Investigations Section Re: Background: Audit referred a potential duplicate travel case to us involving eared that she had been reimbursed for attending conferences in simultaneously, between September 13, 1997 and qq Althou onference which she attended from September 17-19 listed its address as source documents indicate that the conference was held in , and that as i n during this entire time. Investigation: I documentation fi-omw a n d fi-om the two conferences Dr. attended during this time period. ote receipts indicate was in California fi-om September 13 - 19. The only charged to both accounts was a split airfare. Dr. $400.00 for airfare, and charged her NSF grant total cost of the ticket was $538.00. iewed le.(.~ r vouchers and source documents fi-om r the past two years as well as fi-om the conferences attended. No found, and all expenses were verified by source documentation. Findings: Although the initial audit review suggested potential fi-audulent activity, we have found no evidence of duplicate reimbursement by Dr. that she claimed to attend two conferences in different cities at the same time. 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)