From the Marine Corps Times on 1/21/14:
The Marine Corps is tightening its travel and expense policies in response to
an embezzlement scandal involving reservists that hit headlines late last
year.
Lt. Gen. Richard Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, said in an
interview that the Marine Corps is eliminating cash advances for travel and
increasing oversight on temporary active duty orders to discourage dishonesty
and theft. The new rules for TAD orders affect active-duty personnel as well as
reservists.
The Internal Revenue Service charged seven Marine reservists in November with
conspiracy to defraud the Defense Department to the tune of more than $874,000.
The reservists, all from 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company out of Terminal
Island, Calif., were accused of receiving payments for fraudulent travel and
hotel expenses. Another 21 Marine reservists were charged with filing false tax
returns as part of the IRS bust. The indictment alleges that one of the Marines
filled out travel vouchers with phony information to receive reimbursements for
nonexistent trips and false lodging costs.
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