This is one of the largest thefts committed by a public employee in our state, Auditor Keith Faber says
CLARK COUNTY, Ohio - An Ohio public employee was convicted this week of stealing $1.8 million in public money through a phony vendor payment scheme, State Auditor Keith Faber announced Friday.
State audits aren’t meant to account for improper use of funds. They look at operations and include random testing for auditing procedures meant to prevent fraud, but won’t always detect complex fraud built into the system. “Vandorhorst’s actions, going back more than a decade, are shocking and disappointing,” Federer said in a statement on the website earlier this year.
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