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Fraud Investigation Report: Office of Administrative Hearings

Report Details

Submitting OIG: 
Washington State Auditor
Report Description: 
A Washington state employee misappropriated nearly $900,000 through fraudulent credit card purchases, the Office of the Washington State Auditor found in a fraud report released in early July 2024. It is the largest internal misappropriation in a state agency in at least the last 15 years. The report identifies $878,115 in misappropriations between 2019 and 2023 at the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH).
Date Issued: 
Monday, July 1, 2024
Agency Reviewed / Investigated: 
State of Washington
Location: 
Olympia, WA
United States
Type of Report: 
Investigation
Professional Standard: 
GAO's Yellow Book, Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS)
Questioned Costs: 
$878,115
Report File Link: 
https://portal.sao.wa.gov/ReportSearch/Home/ViewReportFile?arn=1035189&sp=false&…

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