Airman convicted at Osan Published Sept. 19, 2003 By 2nd Lt. Renee Lee 51st Fighter Wing Public Affairs OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (AFPN) -- An airman here was found guilty during a court-martial recently.Staff Sgt. Sasanna Galitzen, of the 51st Comptroller Squadron, was sentenced to 11 months confinement, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, reduction to airman basic and a bad conduct discharge.Galitzen was convicted of making false official statements, larceny and wrongful appropriation. All are violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.Galitzen collected about $11,000 in housing allowance while stationed here between January and June. She claimed she was recently married, when in fact she was divorced. She submitted a tampered marriage certificate from her previous marriage to receive the allowance while on temporary duty at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., in January. In February, she requested $1,000 for family-separation allowance, which is available for servicemembers separated from their families for an extended period of time. In addition, she collected about $250 in cost of living allowance in March when she had an airman enter her false information into the finance-computer system.In April, a discrepancy was found in her personnel and finance records. She was single in one record and had a dependent in another. She removed her name from a page of the report.Galitzen was later reported to Air Force Office of Special Investigations by someone in the finance office.She paid back all monies owed to the Air Force, officials said.She is currently confined at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, until she is sent to Miramar Confinement Facility in San Diego.