Friday, September 25, 2015

Congress Has Asked The Pentagon To Investigate Casino, Strip Club Expenses



The Hill: Pentagon to investigate casino, strip club expenses

Congress has asked the Pentagon to investigate whether Defense Department employees billed the government for visits to casinos and strip clubs.

In a memo released this week, Michael Roark, assistant inspector general at the Pentagon, said his office would begin an audit this month at the behest of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

“Our objective is to determine whether DoD cardholders who used government travel cards at casinos and adult entertainment establishments for personal use sought or received reimbursement for the charges,” Roark wrote in the memo.

The latest investigation is a follow-up to a May report from the Pentagon inspector general on the same issue.

Update #1: Did Pentagon employees try to expense strip club, casino bills? -- New York Post/Reuters
Update #2: Congress demands probe into Pentagon’s $1 million strip club, casino bill -- RT
Update #3: DoD launches new probe of credit card charges at casinos and strip clubs -- Military Times

WNU Editor: This story first broke out in May (see above video) .... but Congress is now demanding answers.

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