United States v. Simpson

DECISION

The accused and his associates, all of whom worked in the Accounting and Finance Office, developed a scheme to defraud the government of large sums of money. Their plan went awry and, consistent with his pleas, the accused was convicted of conspiracy to commit larceny, and multiple larcenies totalling over $8,573.00, in violation of Articles 81 and 121, U.C.M.J., 10 U.S.C. §§ 881, 921. Pursuant to a pretrial agreement, the approved sentence extends to a bad conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 30 months, forfeiture of $382.00 per month for 30 months, and reduction to…