Airman sentenced to year in prison in fraud scheme

[unhappycamper]

Airman sentenced to year in prison in fraud scheme
By Vince Little, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, June 5, 2008

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — An airman assigned to the 374th Communications Squadron with more than 20 years of military service was sentenced last month to a year in prison after being convicted of larceny and making false official statements in a basic allowance for housing fraud scheme, base officials said.

Master Sgt. Dennis R. Savard, 43, also was given a bad-conduct discharge and reduced in rank to airman basic during his general court-martial.

Savard committed BAH fraud between 2004 and 2007 by claiming Laguna Hills, Calif., as his family’s residence while they were separated, said Lt. Col. Mark W. Milam, the 374th Airlift Wing’s staff judge advocate. During that time, he was stationed at Osan Air Base, South Korea, and Yokota.

"His family actually resided in the Philippines," Milam said. " stole over $80,000 from the government over a span of three years."

BAH rates vary by locale, but the difference can amount to thousands of extra dollars in undeserved payments. It begins on paperwork, with a servicemember providing a false address and ZIP code from an area with a high BAH rate.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=55310

[DrDan]

1. lost all of his retirement, year in prison, BCD,

not sure it would be worth it . . .