Michigan DHS Audit Finds Millions In Questionable Purchases
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POSTED: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
LANSING, Mich. -- A lack of financial controls resulted in millions of dollars in questionable purchases by Michigan's welfare department, according to a state audit released Tuesday.
The audit of the Michigan Department of Human Services' automated accounting system found state workers used taxpayer money to buy the workers' cars for welfare clients and to buy hundreds of dollars worth of gift cards.
The audit also showed the same state employees in many cases created invoices, processed invoices and then approved the checks to pay the invoices.
The department also reimbursed state welfare employees for the purchase of personal computers and other electronic items without documenting the items were ever provided to state welfare clients, or in some cases, ever bought in the first place.
Copyright 2011 by ClickOnDetroit.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
LANSING, Mich. -- A lack of financial controls resulted in millions of dollars in questionable purchases by Michigan's welfare department, according to a state audit released Tuesday.
The audit of the Michigan Department of Human Services' automated accounting system found state workers used taxpayer money to buy the workers' cars for welfare clients and to buy hundreds of dollars worth of gift cards.
The audit also showed the same state employees in many cases created invoices, processed invoices and then approved the checks to pay the invoices.
The department also reimbursed state welfare employees for the purchase of personal computers and other electronic items without documenting the items were ever provided to state welfare clients, or in some cases, ever bought in the first place.
Copyright 2011 by ClickOnDetroit.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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