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Forensic auditors report progress, say digitization will enable transaction-level review

Village of Manteno Board · November 18, 2025
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Green Forensics told the Manteno board they have digitized bank documents and are analyzing transactions across 36 bank accounts; auditors expect a draft forensic report by mid-January after tying transactions to ledgers and reviewing transfers between accounts.

Green Forensic Accounting Solutions LLP updated the Village of Manteno on Nov. 17, 2025, on the status of a six-year forensic engagement and said a draft report is expected by mid-January.

Jim Edmondstone told trustees the engagement team has retrieved and digitized bank statements and other records, and is using optical-character recognition and other tools to convert PDFs into searchable data. "We work from the bank accounts backwards to the general ledger," Edmondstone said, noting the…

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