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Mayor: bank alerted city to attempted check fraud; council debates WEX card, debit card and vendor accounts
Summary
Mayor said the bank alerted staff after checks tied to the general fund were compromised and the city opened a new account; council members discussed WEX fuel cards, a municipal debit card and a monthly account at North Jackson Food Mart used by the street department, noting inconsistent explanations from finance staff.
The mayor (Speaker 1) told the council the city's bank contacted staff after discovering a set of checks tied to the general fund had been compromised. "There was a check that was ... and somehow it didn't make it to WEX ... it got into somebody's little hand," Speaker 1 said, and added that the bank identified about $25,000 in checks that had been in process and issued a new account number while monitoring the old account.
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