Military Financial Crimes – Larceny, Fraud, Wrongful Appropriation and Bad Check Cases (UCMJ Articles 121–134) – Military Defense Lawyer

These Military Financial Crime Cases Include Military Travel Voucher and Entitlement Fraud Cases and
Passing Worthless Checks

When military members are accused of military financial crimes, they can face a variety of military adverse actions and disciplinary actions, to include court-martial trial. If you are a military member facing these allegations, you need a strong military defense lawyer as your advocate. Attorney Richard V. Stevens is a civilian court-martial defense lawyer and military defense lawyer. He began handling military cases in 1995 and he has been handling military cases for over 30 years. Attorney Stevens has handled military financial crime cases for more than three decades. He, and the military defense law firm he founded, are here to provide you with the zealous defense you are seeking to protect you from the potential consequences of these military misconduct claims.

Over many years of military law practice, civilian court-martial defense lawyer Richard V. Stevens has defended numerous military cases alleging financial crimes. These allegations have included larceny, wrongful appropriation, fraud, passing worthless checks, and using other people’s accounts and credit cards. These allegations have also included claims of military travel voucher and entitlement fraud.

Some of the more serious cases and scenarios defended by civilian court-martial defense lawyer Richard V. Stevens have included:

• A military enlisted member accused of embezzling approximately one million dollars (case was ultimately dropped after fiercely contested investigation process).
• A military officer accused of larceny, wrongful appropriation and wire fraud for alleged six figure investment scheme (case was ultimately dropped in favor of administrative action on eve of court-martial trial).
• A military officer accused of larceny of $200.000.00+ military property from DRMS/DRMO/DLA (Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office, Defense Logistics Agency)(case was ultimately dropped in favor of administrative action prior to court-martial trial).
• Many military officers and NCOs accused of travel voucher and entitlement fraud due to pay and entitlement received while called up on active duty orders.
• Many military members accused of passing bad checks or using someone else’s credit cards or financial and bank accounts.

Some of the most common larceny, wrongful appropriation, or fraud scenarios faced by court-martial and military discipline clients of attorney Richard V. Stevens have included:

• Travel voucher fraud
• Embezzlement
• Wire fraud (investment schemes)
• Theft of military property
• Theft of money from military accounts/registers
• Theft from AAFES (BX, PX, NEX)
• Theft from military dorms/barracks or military housing
• Using others’ credit cards and bank accounts
• Passing bad checks

In general, allegations of larceny, wrongful appropriation and fraud under the UCMJ are covered by:

• Larceny [UCMJ Article 121]
• Wrongful Appropriation [UCMJ Article 121]
• Using False Pretenses to Obtain Services [UCMJ Article 121b]
• Making, Drawing, or Uttering Check, Draft, or Order Without Sufficient Funds (Bad Checks, Worthless Checks, “Check Kiting”) [UCMJ Article 123a]
• Frauds Against the United States [UCMJ Article 124]
• Wrongful Appropriation [UCMJ Article 121]
• Making and Uttering Worthless Checks by Dishonorably Failing to Maintain Funds [UCMJ Article 134]
• Debt, Dishonorable Failure to Pay Debt [UCMJ Article 134]

Travel Voucher Fraud and PCS Voucher Fraud:

In recent years, attorney Richard V. Stevens has defended many military cases in which travel voucher and entitlement fraud was alleged. This has included alleged fraud on deployments, TDYs, and during PCS moves. One such widespread scenario was the mobilization of troops for operations in the Middle East. When the Global War on Terror began, the military service branches mobilized scores of their Reserve and National Guard members, bringing them on active duty orders to supplement the active duty force in the war. What the services didn’t seem to consider was the financial impact of these numerous and extended mobilizations, and there was a general lack of awareness about what precisely the Joint Federal Travel Regulation (JFTR) said about pay and entitlements in these unique circumstances. Years later, when the services were auditing their accounts and looking back at the amount of money and entitlements expended in this massive mobilization, they realized they did not handle the mobilization correctly on the orders, and they massively overspent on travel pay. Instead of accepting responsibility for their own government errors, they accused the military members of travel voucher fraud and entitlement fraud.

These cases often involve misunderstandings about complicated financial regulations and/or what the JFTR says, what pay and entitlements were authorized for the member, how the JFTR applies to the circumstances of the case and what the accused military member knew and understood when the travel vouchers were filed.

Military larceny, wrongful appropriation, and fraud cases can be complicated, as they can involve stacks of civilian bank records, proof of monetary transactions, forensic accountants, government finance offices and DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Services). Not only can these cases be complicated, the accused military members face extreme jeopardy – possible military (federal) criminal conviction, lengthy jail terms, dishonorable discharge or dismissal, and a variety of other legal, professional, personal, and family consequences. An experienced and aggressive defense attorney is absolutely vital in these military cases.

Military defense lawyer Richard V. Stevens is a civilian criminal defense attorney and former military JAG lawyer who exclusively practices military law and defends military members stationed around the world who are facing military trials, discipline and investigations. If you’re facing military allegations of larceny, wrongful appropriation, fraud, travel voucher and entitlement fraud, or uttering worthless checks, don’t hesitate to seek the legal help you’re going to need.

Please see the following examples of military larceny, wrongful appropriation, and fraud cases that were successfully defended by military defense lawyer Richard V. Stevens:

Military Larceny, Fraud, and Wrongful Appropriate Case Examples

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