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petitioner reconcile the amounts actually reimbursed by the
University with the amounts submitted on the expense reports.
Petitioner also claimed to have paid the travel expenses of
students not employed by the University who provided assistance
on her trips. Petitioner included the students’ travel expenses
on her expense reports submitted to the University.3 According
to petitioners, Mr. Hennessey often accompanied petitioner on her
business trips. For instance, Mr. Hennessey accompanied
petitioner on her claimed business trips to the United Kingdom,
Singapore, Brazil, and Italy. Petitioners testified that they
would often conduct business related to the University, ISOA
Consulting, Beacon, and/or ISOA, Inc., on a single trip.
Petitioners’ claimed business travels also included personal
pleasure, for example a trip to their son’s wedding in Maryland
and to petitioner’s mother in Alaska.
According to petitioners, many of their air travel expenses
were paid with discounted tickets provided by their daughter, an
airline employee. Additionally, petitioners claimed to have
received significant discounts on car rentals and hotels.
Petitioners testified that they either repaid their daughter in
3 In addition, petitioner claimed to have often advanced the
travel expenses of students employed by the University who
traveled with her. These expenses were submitted to the
University, and the reimbursement checks were endorsed by the
students to petitioner. In addition, petitioner also testified
that such reimbursements by the University could take “up to a
year or a year and a half”.
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