Investigation: Military Meals, Ready-To-Eat Sold on eBay
GAO-06-410R
Published: Feb 13, 2006. Publicly Released: Feb 13, 2006.
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As a result of widespread congressional and public interest in the federal response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we conducted a limited investigation into allegations that military Meal, Ready-To-Eat (MRE) rations intended for use in the hurricane relief efforts were instead sold to the public on the Internet auction site eBay. We focused our efforts on confirming whether selected MREs being offered for sale on eBay were military issue and, if so, interviewing the sellers to determine how they obtained the MREs.
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Disaster relief aidFraudHurricane KatrinaHurricane RitaHurricanesInternetProgram abusesSalesLarcenyMilitary forces