Audit says county misuses credit cards

As Los Angeles County officials look for ways to trim expenses, an audit released Tuesday found lax oversight of employees' use of county credit cards, including workers who racked up $68,700 in unallowable charges. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The audit said about 600 credit cards are used by employees in 12 departments, with annual purchases of about $3.4 million.

But auditors found that employees split purchases with other cardholders to circumvent purchase limits, some departments allowed unauthorized employees to use the cards, and some managers did not cancel credit cards after cardholders left the department.