Larceny/Fraud Archives - JAG Defense

Fraud Charges Dropped Against AF Officer

Firm Updates — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:44:20 +0000

Air Force O-5 stationed at Ramstein AB, Germany came under investigation by the Munich Customs Investigations Office for Value Added Tax fraud. The allegations spanned a period of over four years and a total alleged fraud of approximately $25,000. Based on the German investigation, the officer was also facing charges with the Air Force. We […]

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Air Force Officer Cleared of BAH Fraud

Firm Updates — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:23:43 +0000

Air Force O-4 was accused of stealing Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) and travel voucher entitlements totaling approximately $40,000. He was also charged with making five (5) false official statements as part of his alleged scheme. The allegations were based on his dependents’ BAH locations during an unaccompanied tour he took to Al Udeid AB, […]

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Air Force SNCO Found Not Guilty of $306,000 BAH Fraud

Firm Updates — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:21:40 +0000

Air Force E-8 stationed in Hawaii set up dual BAH entitlement for New York. Four years later, the government discovered that her spouse was actually living and working in Hawaii, and had actually joined the Hawaii Air National Guard. DFAS identified her case as “tainted claim,” and began garnishing her wages for $306,000 recoupment. Her […]

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Client Able to Retire from Army without Punitive Discharge

Firm Updates — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:15:59 +0000

Army E-7 with 23 years of service was charged with entitlement fraud spanning two years in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. After a partial acquittal, the Government argued for two years confinement and a Bad Conduct Discharge. The sentence adjudged did not include any jail time or a punitive discharge. RESULT: Our client was […]

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Air Force E-4 Acquitted of Theft Charges

Firm Updates — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:15:34 +0000

Air Force E-4 was charged with four specifications of theft of Government property, primarily building materials and tools worth thousands of dollars. In a trial by general court-martial, the accused was acquitted of all thefts, with the exception of three small items. The conviction was ultimately set aside and an Article 15 action substituted, thus […]

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Honorable Retirement for Coast Guard E-6 Charged with Larceny of Military Property

Firm Updates — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:14:13 +0000

Coast Guard E-6 with over 20 years of military service was charged with 13 different specifications, including allegations of the theft of 29 different items from the Coast Guard. After an exhaustive investigation and extensive negotiations with the Coast Guard, we secured a pre-trial agreement wherein the government DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE 8 of the charges, […]

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Coast Guard O-4 Retained After Numerous UCMJ Violations

Firm Updates — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:10:41 +0000

Coast Guard O-4 was competitively selected to attend a 2-year graduate degree program at a civilian university, fully funded by the Coast Guard. After less than a semester, our Client stopped attending all classes. His failure to attend class continued through the entire Spring semester before he was disenrolled from the program due to his […]

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Air Force E-5 Acquitted of Larceny Charges

Firm Updates — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:10:09 +0000

Air Force E-5 performed two successive “Do It Yourself” (DITY) shipments during PCS moves from Hawaii to Florida and Florida to Alabama. In an effort to weigh down her shipment to obtain more money from the government, our client purchased and shipped over 7000 pounds of cat litter. Shortly after arriving in Alabama, our client […]

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Court-Martial Charge Withdrawn and Dismissed for Navy E-6

Firm Updates — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:07:28 +0000

Navy E-6 was charged with BAH fraud totaling approximately $76,000. Client was pending a General Court-Martial when he retained our services, where he faced the possibility of 10 years of confinement and a Dishonorable Discharge. We were able to convince his command that our client’s receipt of excess BAH was the result of an administrative […]

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Coast Guard E-6 Avoided Federal Conviction

Firm Updates — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:06:59 +0000

Coast Guard E-6 committed travel voucher fraud resulting in overpayment of approximately $25,000. He was charged with over 10 different violations of the UCMJ, to include false official statement, conspiracy, and larceny, and his case was referred to court-martial. After he retained the services of JAG Defense, we were able to negotiate an alternate disposition […]

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