Los Angeles County auditors substantiated 101 instances of fraud during the last six months of 2009, uncovering cases large and small in which taxpayers were cheated, according to a report released Wednesday.
The county’s fraud hotline typically receives about 500 tips every six months. The latest report was unusual because it found misconduct that touched the highest levels of the Fire Department and the office of the county’s chief executive, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraud.
The violations reported to the county’s fraud hotline include improprieties related to overtime, supplies and other misconduct. In several cases, county employees were found to have viewed Internet pornography on work computers, which is not allowed.
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