Defense worker charge cards used for $1 million in casinos bills: audit
Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Department employees used their government credit cards to pay for more than $1 million worth of casino and adult entertainment purchases over the course of a year, an audit of transactions by the Pentagon inspector general has found.
Pentagon officials said on Thursday that use of credit cards to pay for personal transactions is considered misuse of the cards but does not mean a loss of taxpayer funds because cardholders are billed individually and have to pay unauthorized personal charges themselves.
The audit, which covered July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014, is due out in the coming weeks and has not yet been publicly released, officials said.
It found Defense Department cardholders likely used their travel cards for 4,437 transactions at casinos where they spent $952,258. They had an additional 900 transactions at adult entertainment establishments, spending $96,576.
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(17,196 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)0.03% of spending. At that small of a level... it could even be mischaracterized stuff.
Sounds like more "See! Government workers are out of control!" stuff.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)When our vigilant guardians of the public trust (GOP Congressmen) find a case where some GS-9 grunt travelling for EPA lost his luggage and had to use the travel card for some new underwear, they scream and moan about what a scandal it is, and how maybe we should impeach the president, etc. I bet they'll blow this off because DoD employees are heroes fighting the Mooze-Lims.
47of74
(18,470 posts)These clowns would rather our nation crumble to dust while shoveling more money into the hands of their benefactors while starting multiple wars of GOP aggression all over the globe.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)They hate all Civil Servants equally.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)It is a non-issue if technically a misuse of thecard. All holders paid their own debts with their own money
goldent
(1,582 posts)Same policy as companies I have worked for. This seems like a non-story.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Card holders are not supposed to use the government card for personal expenses, even though they pay the CC bill with their own money. They're supposed to use their own credit cards for personal stuff.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)the taxpayers footed the bill. It is a misuse, not a misappropriation.