Chief Warrant Officer Two (CW2) Sticky Fingers, an aviation maintenance officer, is the approving official for all government purchase card (IMPAC) transactions by his department at Fort Irvine, California. Essentially, anything sought to be purchased or procured using the IMPAC goes through CW2 Fingers for review and approval. Due in part to the operational tempo at Fort Irvine, compliance and oversight of the IMPAC program are lacking. Sensing an opportunity for supplemental income, CW2 Fingers met individually with three cardholders whom he trusted. Chief Warrant Officer Two Fingers contrived a scheme for each cardholder to purchase electronic items for personal use from stores that accepted the IMPAC. Chief Warrant Officer Two Fingers collects the items (e.g., cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras) and auctions them over the Internet. In exchange for their assistance, CW2 Fingers kicks back fifty percent of the proceeds from the sale of the goods. Before submitting a certified consolidated bill for the purchases to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, CW2 Fingers alters and/or creates receipts to reflect otherwise legitimate purchases and prevent detection. In the two years of this ongoing conspiracy, CW2 Fingers makes $356, 000 for himself and his co-conspirators. After an investigation by Fort Irvine's Criminal Investigation Command (CID), the government prefers charges against CW2 Fingers to include: conspiracy, failure to obey an order, larceny, and bribery. Chief Warrant Officer Two Fingers has eighteen years of active duty service and plans to work for one of several commercial vendors he established a relationship with as an approval official when he retires.
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