Sheriff urges forensic audit after county comptroller flags $7.8–$8.7M shortfall

Sheriff Joe McGill told the Nye County Board of Commissioners on April 28 that recent accounting has revealed a significant budget gap — roughly $7 million in the county detention center and about $13 million countywide — and asked the board to refer the matter to the state comptroller and Nevada Division of Investigation for a forensic audit and independent review. "I respectfully ask that this issue be forwarded to the state comptroller's office and the Nevada division of investigation for a thorough and complete investigation to include a forensic audit as to the shortfall," McGill said.