Our investigation found that Steven Chapman, a former director of North Lauderdale’s Finance Department (“Finance”), engaged in grossmismanagement for his failure to properly oversee the financial aspect of the City’s contract with Waste Pro (“Waste Pro Contract”), which allowed Waste Pro to overbill the City’s residents, through payments to the City, and its commercial customers a total of approximately $2,589,753.48 from January 2012 through September 2021. Specifically, the OIG estimated that Waste Pro overbilled the City $599,707.68 for residential solid waste services. And the OIG estimated that Waste Pro overbilled commercial customers a total of $1,990,045.80, that is, $1,611,392.17 in overbillings for solid waste services and approximately $378,653.63 for overbillings in franchise fees.
North Lauderdale, FL
United States
