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Audit discovers $878,000 in 'misappropriated' Washington state funds
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Washington state auditors said they discovered what may be the largest example of internal fraud against a state agency ever.
Investigators said a management analyst at the Office of Administrative Hearing paid himself more than $878,000 in agency funds between June of 2019 and May of 2023. The employee is accused of using the agency's credit card to make payments to businesses he owns.
A spokesperson at the state Auditor's Office said that is the highest alleged internal theft of state agency funds, perhaps ever. Records only track figures dating back to 2009, according to the spokesperson.
Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/audit-misappropriated-washington-state-funds/281-bc7e8630-fbef-42de-ae1b-303b3adb1dc6