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The Badge That Unraveled a $3 Million Ghost Payroll Scheme
The Badge That Unraveled a $3 Million Ghost Payroll Scheme
Cold plastic in a frozen meter exposed a scheme that siphoned more than $3,000,000 from a mid-sized city’s coffers - 37 nonexistent city employees, biweekly direct deposits cashed within hours, and a reconciliation supervisor who manipulated corridor yields by 4-8% to mask the theft. How did a single badge, found at 12°F, pull a municipal fraud apart that had hidden in plain sight for four years?
In this episode, we follow the discovery, the municipal processes it bypassed, and the people whose roles made the theft possible, asking…
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