Vacation pay probed

A Los Angeles city fire captain has been placed on leave for allegedly falsifying his timecard after auditors found he was paid $50,000 in vacation time last year, the equivalent of nearly 23 weeks of pay, city documents obtained by the Daily News show. Daily News,

Vacation, overtime and bonus pay boosted Capt. Eric Vasquez's wages by about $77,000 more than his base salary of $108,000, according to payroll information obtained under the California Public Records Act.

The alleged discrepancies by Vasquez - a 17-year LAFD veteran whose duties involved supervising time sheet data entry, including his own - were discovered last month by the City Controller's Office when the department submitted payroll data electronically for the first time.