U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars auditor finds
Jack Armstrong
â THE GRAND PLUGâ
Jack Armstrong  a former Defense Inspector General official in charge of auditing the Army General Fund   said the same type of unjustified changes to Army financial statements already were being made when  he  retired in 2010.
The Army issues two types of reports â a budget report and a financial one. The budget one was completed first.  Armstrong  said  he  believes fudged numbers were inserted into the financial report to make the numbers match.
âThey donât know what the heck the balances should be â  Armstrong  said.
Some employees of the Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS)  which handles a wide range of Defense Department accounting services  referred sardonically to preparation of the Armyâs year-end statements as âthe grand plug â  Armstrong  said. â Plugâ  is accounting jargon for inserting made-up numbers.
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a former Defense Inspector General official in charge of auditing the Army General Fund   said the same type of unjustified changes to Army financial statements already were being made when  he  retired in 2010.
The Army issues two types of reports â a budget report and a financial one. The budget one was completed first.   [TGT] said   [TGT]   believes fudged numbers were inserted into the financial report to make the numbers match.
âThey donât know what the heck the balances should be â   [TGT] said.
Some employees of the Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS)  which handles a wide range of Defense Department accounting services  referred sardonically to preparation of the Armyâs year-end statements as âthe grand plug â   [TGT] said. â Plugâ  is accounting jargon for inserting made-up numbers.