A Kansas Air National Guard senior airman who was assigned to McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita is charged with fraudulently collecting more than $50,000 in travel reimbursements.
Authorities say she used an online military finance system to claim lived in Arizona while she was working at McConnell.
Eledria J. Bradley, 28, is charged with one count of wire fraud.
An indictment alleges that Bradley was a member of the Kansas Air National Guard and she lived in Wichita in February 2009 when she received orders deploying her to the U.S. Air Force effective April 11, 2009.
The indictment alleges Bradley accessed her file via virtual MPF, an online finance system in which military members can access and change their personal financial information, and changed her residential address from Wichita to Chandler, Ariz.
The change of address placed her outside the commuting distance for McConnell Air Force Base. As a result she received lodging and per diem benefits to which she was not entitled from April 11, 2009, to April 3, 2011, totaling $54,992.
(Note: on April 25, the U.S. Attorney’s Office issued a correction. We have updated the post. Ms Bradley is a former airman in the Kansas Air National Guard. The dates of her alleged infractions have also been adjusted.)