{"id":500,"date":"2025-05-20T10:15:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masteringphsyics.com\/?p=500"},"modified":"2025-05-21T13:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:12:33","slug":"lawmakers-demand-probe-into-40bn-dod-expenditure-including-casino-igaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.masteringphsyics.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/lawmakers-demand-probe-into-40bn-dod-expenditure-including-casino-igaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers Demand Probe Into $40bn DoD Expenditure Including Casino, iGaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Taxpayer-funded charges<\/h2>\n

Two prominent Republicans are demanding the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) carry out a full investigation into the\u00a0Department of Defense\u2019s taxpayer-funded charges at casinos, bars,and nightclubs.<\/p>\n

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a comprehensive review into DoD spending<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

US Sen. Joni Ernst and Rep. James Comer want the GAO to conduct a comprehensive review into DoD spending incurred at \u201chigh-risk merchants.\u201d These include casino ATMs and iGaming sites.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sen. Joni Ernst took to X Monday to state Pentagon bureaucrats using government credit cards for such transactions was \u201cindefensible:\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It is indefensible for Pentagon bureaucrats to swipe government credit cards at clubs, casinos, and bars.<\/p>\n

After more than 11,000 questionable transactions at the @DeptofDefense<\/a>, @RepJamesComer<\/a> and I are demanding changes to the federal credit card programs. https:\/\/t.co\/DxtkCRKkam<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) May 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Under DoD Inspector General Steven A. Stebbins, a recent audit of the Pentagon department revealed nearly two charge cards per federal employee, with overall expenditure exceeding $40bn in the last fiscal year alone.<\/p>\n

Spend questioned<\/h2>\n

Stebbins\u2019 office found nearly 8,000 DoD credit card transactions at maximum risk locations, including casinos, over the past year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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an extra 3,246 transactions took place at nightclubs and bars\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to news sources, an extra 3,246 transactions took place at nightclubs and bars<\/a>, \u201cmany of them on federal holidays, Super Bowl Sunday, St. Patrick\u2019s Day, the day of UFC 300, Cinco de Mayo and New Year\u2019s Eve.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a letter to GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro last week, federal lawmakers Sen. Ernst and House Oversight Chairman Comer called for \u201curgently needed\u201d reforms to charge card programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The federal lawmakers want Dodaro\u2019s office to review the issuing and \u201cmanagement of government purchase, travel, fleet, and integrated charge cards and accounts across federal agencies.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The duo cited a report from Stebbins\u2019 office that found 15,610 questionable transactions including sports betting, dating apps, cruises, marijuana, golf, and fortune tellers. \u201cWe are skeptical these charges were for legitimate purposes or in service of the DoD\u2019s mission for which the cards were issued,\u201d Ernst and Comer wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rein it in<\/h2>\n

The federal lawmakers also accused the DoD of not employing anti-fraud systems, such as Visa IntelliLink Compliance Management, to pinpoint federal travel charge card abuse and fraud.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Washington $36 trillion in debt, the last thing we need is bureaucrats maxing out their tab and sticking taxpayers with the bill,\u201d the pair wrote to Dodaro.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere should never be more credit cards than federal employees.\u201d<\/p>\n

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