United States v. Sims

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’DONNELL, Judge:

The appellant, a clerk in the Fort Belvoir Finance Office, was convicted of a number of offenses arising out of a fraudulent scheme to make unauthorized advance payments to various enlisted men. These offenses included larceny, graft, conspiracy to commit larceny, and forgery, in violation of Articles 121,134, 81 and 123, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 921, 934, 881 and 923. He was sentenced to be discharged from the service with a bad-conduct discharge, to forfeit $217.00 pay per month for six months, and to be confined at hard labor for six…