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Former ICAD employee misappropriated over $500,000, according to audit

Posted on Jun 6, 2019 by Paul Brennan

A former employee of the Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD) misappropriated over $500,000 of the organization’s money, according to a new report from the Iowa State Auditor’s Office. Sheri Jelinek, who worked at ICAD for 15 years and was the group’s office manager when she resigned in January 2017, used an ICAD credit card to make $466,875 in clearly improper purchases, and rack up another $46,903 in suspect purchase for which auditors could not find documentation, according to the report published on Thursday. […]

Iowa State Auditor report: Here’s what Iowa can expect to save from privatizing Medicaid

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 by Paul Brennan

The Iowa State Auditor’s Office released a long-awaited report on how much the privatization of Medicaid in Iowa has saved the state. According to the audit, the estimate of $141 million for fiscal year 2018 the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) issued in May was more accurate than the two estimates issued in 2017, […]

Audit finds more than $57,000 was misappropriated by an employee of the UI College of Dentistry

Posted on Jul 19, 2018 by Paul Brennan

A special audit of spending at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry found more than $57,000 was misappropriated by a former administrative specialist, according a report by the Iowa State Auditor’s Office published on Thursday. Auditors determined that Amanda Shumaker, who worked in the college’s Department of Periodontics, used university-issued purchase cards (a type […]

Marion Christian minister who ran Iowa’s broadband internet agency misused almost $380,000 in state funds, audit finds

Posted on Jan 18, 2018 by Paul Brennan

The former head of the state agency that provides high-speed broadband service to schools and other public institutions misused $379,547 in state funds, according to a new report from the Iowa State Auditor’s Office. The report published on Thursday reviewed decisions by Iowa Communications Network (ICN) Executive Director Richard Lumbard between Jan. 2015 and Jan. 2, 2018. Lumbard was fired two days after the audit concluded. He had been ICN executive director since 2014. […]

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