County workers caught cheating

Posted by Rick Orlov on April 9, 2009 5:46 AM | | Comments (0) |

Los Angeles County workers sold real estate documents for cash, stole property tax payments and took money for work they never did, according to a report released Wednesday. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

These and other cases of fraud and misconduct were detailed in a new Fraud Hotline report.

The number of allegations of fraud by county workers has steadily increased in recent years, rising from 546 in 2006-07 to 772 in 2007-08. About 900 are expected this fiscal year and 1,000 in 2009-10, according to county budget documents.

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