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WITH $1.1M FROM AIR FORCE CREDIT CARD, MAN BOUGHT PIANO, HARLEY-DAVIDSON
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| Nov 30, 2021
| Dustin Jones
Posted on 12/01/2021 8:49:34 AM PST by FryingPan101
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To: FryingPan101
He shouldn’t be the only one going to jail. Multiple layers of supervision had to be asleep at the wheel for this to happen.
I’ve had a travel card for over 25 years (in and out of uniform) and a small purchase card and can’t even imagine how this happened.
He had to have cooperation from someone in leadership and the finance office.
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posted on
12/01/2021 9:52:19 AM PST
by
Mr.Unique
(My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
To: bigdaddy45
Many many years ago, procurement was so complicated and cumbersome and time-consuming, the idea was just to provide credit cards for small dollar purchases to speed things up.
The article says that it was a travel card, not a small purchase card.
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posted on
12/01/2021 9:54:22 AM PST
by
Mr.Unique
(My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
To: VastRWCon
20 years ago, we had a soldier buy some electronics at the PX with his GovCC. When caught, he got the treatment then kicked out of the Army. But not before the First Sergeant made him stand in the common area all day long with a large cardboard sign hanging from neck that said "I am a thief, I used my GCC to buy a stereo." The sign had been hand-drawn to look like an AMEX card too.
Justice in the infantry battalions was always up a notch and creative.
To: FryingPan101
Wonder how many people do get away with it bookie say a lot of them.
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posted on
12/01/2021 10:48:02 AM PST
by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
To: Mr.Unique
Whether it was a “travel card” or a “small purchase card”, it was still a ‘credit card’
To: bigdaddy45
The travel card has nothing to do with procurement.
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posted on
12/01/2021 11:26:46 AM PST
by
Mr.Unique
(My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
To: thescourged1
I worked for Amex, it was amazing how F’d up the Govt reimbursement process was.
A huge majority of the military people wanted to pay, but they just refused to pay before they got reimbursed.
On the other hand Microsoft Corp cards especially when the holder was .Indian and went back to India never ever paid.
I remember a Saudi Prince who had cranked a few hundred thousand on his card and got a charge denied at A strip club. He told me flat out that he had been insulted by this and would not pay until he felt Amex had suffered enough for his loss of face. (I randomly checked 5 years later, and no never paid )
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posted on
12/01/2021 12:06:27 PM PST
by
algore
To: FryingPan101
We had to cosign for Amex car for a new employee because he had a repo on his credit. He charged up a bunch of money and turned in the receipts then he turned in the bill to be paid. Double payment. His boss signed off on it. When he left the company, he ran up a huge bill that the company had to pay because they cosigned.
Yep.
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posted on
12/01/2021 12:12:57 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
To: seowulf
For simplicity in accounting, that would work well. But wouldn’t want to be fought short
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posted on
12/01/2021 12:20:40 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(Live free, or die!)
To: AppyPappy
That’s amazing.
My husband had a no limit AmEx card from the government years ago. We just never considered it to be for personal use. Meals, gas, airline tickets, hotels, etc YES. A yacht? Nope.
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posted on
12/01/2021 12:42:19 PM PST
by
FryingPan101
(Dittohead- Circa 1989)
To: FryingPan101; martin_fierro
Those are the two things I would buy too.
A Grand Piano and a Harley.
(I have a 93FXR and an 88Key Electric Piano, but I can make room for more.)
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posted on
12/01/2021 1:39:59 PM PST
by
left that other site
(A Man Without Self-Control is like a City Broken Into and Left Without Walls (Proverbs 25:28))
To: left that other site
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posted on
12/01/2021 2:15:02 PM PST
by
FryingPan101
(Dittohead- Circa 1989)
To: algore
You should write a book or something. I know there were a couple written specifically about AmEx. I always like to know those things.
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posted on
12/01/2021 2:17:59 PM PST
by
FryingPan101
(Dittohead- Circa 1989)
To: FryingPan101
Is he the one driving or the one sitting side saddle?
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posted on
12/01/2021 2:30:42 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
( State Dept. Havana Syndrome victims: Guinea pigs of 5G/graphene oxide vax experiments?)
To: Rebelbase
I LOVE it :-)
(((I wonder how it Handels, though))))
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posted on
12/01/2021 2:42:46 PM PST
by
left that other site
(A Man Without Self-Control is like a City Broken Into and Left Without Walls (Proverbs 25:28))
To: DesertRhino
On top of paying back the stolen funds, Johnson must now pay another $26,506.02 for banking and service fees and a $15,000 fine.
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posted on
12/01/2021 2:46:27 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Let's Go Brandon!)
To: seowulf
The Navy requires you to have a goverment CC for travel, and to use it for everything if you want to be reimbursed.
Used to be you pay for things, keep receipts, and submit them when you’re done with TDY. Not now.
Really? TXARNG, we got ours paid off whether you charged it or not. You submit your trip through DTS (Defense travel Service), and then they calculate your mileage, per diem, hotels (already reserved by them, so they know the price, but you still submit receipts), and any other travel expenses. Then that amount is just credited to your travel card eventually.
They usually suggest using a personal card, because if the gov takes forever to pay, the card companies start coming after you to pay the late balance.
Also, it's just better to use your own card, its FREE points/cashback, since the gov will reimburse the amount anyway.
To: Svartalfiar
Yep. That’s how the Navy does it.
It actually is pretty painless and worked well. No receipts to keep if it’s on your gov CC.
DTS has had a LOT of experience with the number of people always on travel between Seattle, San Diego, Hawaii, Guam, Japan, etc. That’s just for the people at NB Kitsap where I was.
Just don’t rack up a $10k bill on the card at a strip club and all’s good (that has happened BTW, and it’s not taken kindly).
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posted on
12/02/2021 10:15:22 AM PST
by
seowulf
(Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
To: seowulf
Yep. That’s how the Navy does it.
It actually is pretty painless and worked well. No receipts to keep if it’s on your gov CC.
No, I mean we get reimbursed whether you use the GTC or don't touch it at all. Likewise, hotel receipts are always collected, GTC or not. Though I don't know if they actually go any higher than the local unit
To: Svartalfiar
They reimbursed us if we didn’t use the travel card too, but it was pretty painful, took a long time and they would want justification for why you didn’t use it.
That might have been command policy too...don’t know.
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posted on
12/02/2021 12:08:21 PM PST
by
seowulf
(Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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