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 and/or interest in what the Joint Federal Travel Regulation (JFTR) said about entitlements in these unique circumstances.
Now, years later, the services are looking back at the amount of money and entitlements expended in this massive mobilization, and they are accusing their members of travel voucher fraud and entitlement fraud. A significant percentage of these allegations stem from law enforcement (CID, AFOSI, NCIS) and JAG misunderstanding of the JFTR - and the presumption of guilt, instead of giving their members the benefit of the doubt in this cloud of confusion. As a result, we have defended many military members facing court-martial and/or allegations of military travel voucher and entitlement fraud. In these cases, the accused military members face significant jeopardy – criminal conviction, jail term, dishonorable discharge, as well as many other personal, family and professional consequences. Therefore, an experienced and aggressive defense is critical.
Here is a link to a blog post describing three of the most recent military voucher fraud cases I have defended against:
I am a civilian criminal defense attorney and a former military JAG lawyer. My military defense law practice covers bases and clients stationed all over the world.
As a military law specialist, my legal practice is exclusively limited to representing and defending military members of all service branches, stationed around the world, who are facing all types of military specific adverse actions such as:
- General court-martial (military criminal trial)
- Special court-martial (military criminal trial)
- Summary court-martial (military criminal trial)
- Court-martial clemency
- Court-martial appeal
- Article 32 hearings
- Military discharge or separation, including show cause and board of inquiry
- Military discipline
- UCMJ actions
- Article 15, Nonjudicial Punishment (NJP), Captain’s Mast
- Admonition (letter of admonition – LOA)
- Reprimand (GOMOR or letter of reprimand – LOR)
- Demotion
- Investigations by IG, CID, AFOSI, NCIS, CGIS, AR 15-6, CDI, command
- Board of Correction for Military Records (BCMR) appeals
- Negative performance report or evaluation report appeals
- Security clearance issues
- Medical board cases and hearings (MEB, PEB)
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