MREs for Sale

Here's more from GAO: Apparently not only were people in hurricane-ravaged regions getting fraudulent funds, some were taking free meals and selling them on eBay. In just one day last October, GAO investigators found eight people who were selling military Meal, Ready-to-Eat rations on the auction site. GAO found evidence that at least some of the MREs were diverted from hurricane relief efforts--in more than one case, by people who should've known better. An example:

Case 4: Seller retired from the U.S. Air Force in July 2004, where he was a financial superintendent responsible for voucher processing. Seller stated that he obtained the MREs from neighbors and yard sales prior to the hurricanes. We asked Seller to provide specific names and addresses for these sources, but he said that he could not

do so. Seller said he has sold approximately 40 or 50 cases of MREs since March 2005.