RAF officer found guilty of fraudulently claiming £83,000 in school fees.
 

See the link, the rather sad part comes at the end.



https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...driver-4036527

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Still happening after all these years! You would like to hope people had learned from all the previous cases that hit the Media, and many others that didn't.

The OH was MoD Desk Officer for Allowances back in the days of Adastral House. Oh, the tales she could tell!

​​​​​​​not sure that statement is compatible with “41 year old Flt Lt”

Roughly how many postings were available to him in his specialist role which might have caused 'discontinuity' in his children's education?

CG

A slight tangent if I may?

Discontinuity is not the same as detriment in all cases.

Provided the parent[s] are posted in the summer holidays [and in my case I volunteered for every accompanied overseas posting thus], a change is as good as a rest. Our four offspring gained enormous life experience following the flag. Schooling at Gutersloh and JHQ was good in our three tours. They turned their noses up at boarding, did very well academically with science and medical degrees and had good careers before retiring on excellent pensions.

The one downside was a daughter who returned to UK a year before GCSEs to find "we do Spanish and Russian here" after her German and French!

Ironically he will probably earn more as a train driver.

Unless things have changed, posting even at SO3 does not have to be within specialisation.

Another officer found guilty of CEA fraud? They need to find an NCO claiming CEA to guide them through the process seeing as they keep getting it wrong :rolleyes:

Unfortunately, having known the individual in question from a previous posting, this kind of behaviour has not come as a particular surprise....

Well he is at the moment....a lot may depend on whether he mentioned this not so little scam to his current employers.

The reporters missed out on "Tipped for promotion" phrase....

Do you mean someone like Sgt Limbu who was also found guilty of fraudulently claiming CEA?

Why must some people always boil it down to an ‘us vs them’?!

BV

Cos we is iggorant enlisted riff-raff wot is expected to be devious, whilst you chaps are meant to be the noble backbone of the service, devoid of any and all character defects. Such as fraudulent behaviour or crawling through a lady officer's window uninvited.
Additionally, officers appear to cheat CEA more often than others.

CG

​​​​​​​Oh dear, 'ow sad, never mind.

Yes, although they used the mandatory "top brass"

They also missed out of the discarded childs shoe, to indicate there is a school nearby or that the story contains information about a school.

Exactly what whowhenwhy said, a natural with a headset on, but a complete admin vortex with it off.

That was quicker than I thought for a nibble :E

It's a well known fact that CEA fraud is an officers' sport, as I'm sure your googling proved while searching for a case of the enlisted filth being caught :ok:

It would be so much easier if people just screwed the nut and didn't commit the fraud in the first place. Yes, it's terrible your marriage has broken down, but don't ruin it for the rest of us because of the perceived shame at having to take your kids out of a posh school. It's a great perk in a job that is having every other perk eroded slowly but surely (as I'm sure you agree Bob, having recently banged out?).

I’m pretty sure it was nothing to do with “shame” and everything to do with trying to minimise the disruption to his kids’ lives and ensure continuity of education to avoid any impact on their exam success. They were already having to cope with the trauma of divorce.

Having divorced when my kids were 10 and 13, this was also an issue I faced (keeping them in school, not claiming CEA). Thankfully I was well enough paid that I was able to keep them in their schools, whilst also paying alimony and child support! Very painful, financially, but worth it in the long run.

So, I sympathise but don’t condone.

I'm sure many of us have the salutary tale of the perils of fiddling, but the most important lesson should be as far as the Service is concerned, falsifying a claim for ten quid will have exactly the same effect on career and prospects as falsifying claims for £83,000. It's not the amount, it's the act. We had a Sergeant-Major in Germany, who was to put it mildly, was a screaming knob. He claimed for DM300 worth of petrol to go to Bavaria over the Christmas break, forgetting he lived opposite the Pay Sergeant, the same Pay Sergeant whom he frequently gave a a hard time to, who also noticed he didn't leave his house over the Christmas period. The subsequent Courts Martial sentenced him to 6 months in Colchester Military Corrective Training Centre (The Army nick) reduced to the ranks, and dismissed on completion of sentence. All for 300 Deutschmarks (about £75 at the time).