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Prince George's County Coverage
In Maryland's Prince George's County, county Executive Jack B. Johnson "awarded 51 county contracts totaling nearly $3.3 million to 15 of his friends and political supporters, some of whom had no expertise in the field." The Washington Post investigates Johnson's dealings, further finding that he and other officials from the same county "used county-issued credit cards to pay for personal expenses totaling thousands of dollars," including plane tickets, clothing, video rentals and prescription drugs. These charges were seldom repaid in the county's mandated deadline of 10 business days.
Tags: Prince George's County; Jack B. Johnson; personal credit-card usage
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Sheriff Credit Investigation
WTKR-TV investigates office credit-card usage for personal spending by the Norfolk county sheriff. The story reveals that Robert Mccabehas has failed to prove the claim that he has been paying those personal expenses from his own checking account. The main finding is that the sheriff's office policy allowed employees to use taxpayer-backed credit cards to make personal purchases with a promise to pay back. The investigation examines allegations that the sheriff used the office card to pay for vacations masked as conferences that he never attended.
Tags: embezzlement; fraud; FOI requests; credit card statements; vacations; CAR