Federal employees used government credit cards to pay for lingerie, gambling, iPods, Internet dating services, and a $13,000 steak-and-liquor dinner, according to a new audit from the Government Accountability Office, which found widespread abuses in a purchasing program meant to improve bureaucratic efficiency.
Such as:
In a case the GAO deemed โabusive,โ the Postal Service spent $13,500 in 2006 on a dinner at a Ruthโs Chris Steak House in Orlando, including โover 200 appetizers and over $3,000 of alcohol, including more than 40 bottles of wine costing more than $50 each and brand-name liquor such as Courvoisier, Belvedere and Johnny Walker Gold.โ The tab came to more than $160 a head for the 81 guests, the report said.
Also this:
In another case at the State Department, a cardholder spent $360 at the Seduccion Boutique in Ecuador to buy โwomenโs underwear/lingerie for use during jungle training by trainees of a drug enforcement program.โ The report does not include further details, but it says a State Department official โagreed that the charge was questionable.โ






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