A guy I flew with back in the 80's got reassigned to San Diego in the 1990's.
He bought a house (price was high) and of course used his local DHA/housing allowance to defray some of that cost. (Not enough base housing in that area to cover even a tenth of the people assigned there).
He also had three junior officers move in to the empty rooms and each pay him rent.
Each of them applied for and got a full housing allowance (which was against the rules at the time) But they apparently used a street address one or two up or down the street for their claims .. under old salts advice.
It was the fourth JO, (filling in the last room) who seems to have spilled the beans.
Not sure how he did this, but in filling out his paperwork he didn't do as the others had done. This got a pay clerk looking into that street address. All of the street addresses.
NCIS (then NIS) got a phone call.
About Two years of all four of them claiming excess housing allowance came to light.
The ring leader (LCDR/OF-3), aka the guy I knew, took the hardest fall.
Futzing about with housing allowances: great way to out clever one's self.
Last edited by Lonewolf_50; 27th Feb 2024 at 15:00.