Close-Out NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNCATICN 4201 WILSON BOULEVARD ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22230 \ OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL MEMORANDUM , . Date: December 23, 1998 From: I Lecial Agent, Investigations Section Through: Investigations Section Re: Case Close- Background During an audit travel review, NSF PI, admitted to receiving to both his NSF grant (no. 9402991) Audit referred this 1 overlapping had been reimbursed for travel in December 1996 b both his NSF grant In an e-mail messa e dated June 9, 1998, manager at thexpense reports. Dr Investigation imbursed the thatNSF he award that same day. We reviewed all of Dr ravel vouchers and account summaries for the past three years. We found he received duplicate reimbursement for any other have^, and all of his travel expenses were suppoied by source documentation. Additionally, we reviewed his supply and consultant expenditures on site at t h m The majority of grant expenditures were incurred by ~ r . o l l a b o r a t o in' r Iceland, who is gathering data for the NSF project. The supply expenditures we reviewed were supported by source documents. Findings Close-Out -- Page 2 of 2 11 This duplicate reimbursement appears to be inadvertent and an isolated incident. Review of ~ r . . s l ) t r a v e l vouchers and account summaries have revealed no further I indications of inappropriate activity. No further investigation is warranted at this time. This case is closed.
Grant Fraud
Published by the National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General on 1998-12-23.
Below is a raw (and likely hideous) rendition of the original report. (PDF)