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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Blast from the Past: When Montgomery Co. Audited County Credit Card Use


Here we are in 2011, anyone seen an audit of the $5.5 million MCPS Credit Card Bill?  Of course not. Why audit? Money is plentiful. 


MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
UNAUTHORIZED PROCUREMENT AND USE
OF CORPORATE CREDIT CARDS BY
FLEET MANAGEMENT SERVICES

REPORT OF INVESTIGATION

MARCH 1999


Finding No. 1: Unauthorized Procurement and Use of Corporate Credit Cards by Fleet Management Services
Finding No. 2: Questioned Costs ($44,000) FMS Engaged in "Splitting" Vendor Invoices in Violation of Procurement RegulationsGoverning Direct Purchases
Finding No. 3: Some FMS Employees Made Personal Purchases Charged to the Unauthorized Credit Card Account and Did NotReimburse the County
Finding No. 4: Waste of County Funds for Payment of Annual Fees, Sales, Taxes and Finance Charges
Finding No. 5: Failure to Comply With County Procurement Regulations Regarding the Purchase of Commodities By Use of CreditCard
Finding No. 6: Some FMS Employees Used the Unauthorized Credit Cards to Make Personal Purchases Which They Later Reimbursed


http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/oigtmpl.asp?url=/content/inspectorg/creditdoc.asp

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