Brickbat: Bookkeeping Error

[Kamaji]

Brickbat: Bookkeeping Error

By CHARLES OLIVER
4.11.2022

An audit has found that nearly $900,000 of about $1.13 million in COVID-19 relief funds received by the city of West Haven, Connecticut, were spent on ineligible items or lacked sufficient documentation. Auditors did not examine some $600,000 in COVID-19 funds received by the city that are the subject of a federal fraud prosecution. Former Democratic state Rep. Michael DiMassa, who was an administrative assistant to the city council, and his former business associate John Bernardo were charged with wire fraud in October. Prosecutors said they stole $600,000 in COVID-19 funds by submitting fraudulent invoices to the city through a company they formed.

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Source:  https://reason.com/2022/04/11/brickbat-bookkeeping-error/

[Smokin Joe]

I would wager that this is just one of a multitude of similar incidents.

[Kamaji]

I would wager that this is just one of a multitude of similar incidents.

Indeed.  The amount of fraud involved with the PPP loans is staggering, even for a government program.

[Fishrrman]

West Haven's one of those one-party semi-suburb towns.
Like a lot of New Jersey -- corruption rules...