Post by pavel on Jan 10, 2016 13:02:15 GMT -6
Fort Worth audit finds misuse of credit cards, sparks call for tighter controls
FORT WORTH -- An internal audit of credit cards used by Fort Worth employees to make city purchases suggests that tighter controls are needed after finding potentially risky and questionable purchases, including a $1,899 Apple computer that is now missing.
In the two-year period the audit covers, 18 city departments charged $296,291 at restaurants and with caterers, but receipts for the purchases don’t verify that all the purchases were appropriate, the report says. Some were not business-related and included a $3,687 tab for a retirement party. The city was reimbursed for the party, the report says.
The 26-page audit report cites violations of subordinates authorizing manager purchases, city employees paying for $3,450 in car washes for city-owned vehicles when they should have been washed at a city facility, and $12,830 spent to buy gift cards in seven departments, among other things.
Moreover, some former employees still had access to procurement software and former employees’ cards were being used by other employees, the audit found.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article53930245.html
FORT WORTH -- An internal audit of credit cards used by Fort Worth employees to make city purchases suggests that tighter controls are needed after finding potentially risky and questionable purchases, including a $1,899 Apple computer that is now missing.
In the two-year period the audit covers, 18 city departments charged $296,291 at restaurants and with caterers, but receipts for the purchases don’t verify that all the purchases were appropriate, the report says. Some were not business-related and included a $3,687 tab for a retirement party. The city was reimbursed for the party, the report says.
The 26-page audit report cites violations of subordinates authorizing manager purchases, city employees paying for $3,450 in car washes for city-owned vehicles when they should have been washed at a city facility, and $12,830 spent to buy gift cards in seven departments, among other things.
Moreover, some former employees still had access to procurement software and former employees’ cards were being used by other employees, the audit found.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article53930245.html