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Independent audit finds accounting inconsistencies at Recreation & Parks; no fraud identified
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An independent audit of Augusta Recreation & Parks found outdated policies, inconsistent ledger coding, missing supporting documentation and small cash variances in event revenue; auditors said they found no evidence of fraud but recommended immediate policy, IT and reconciliation fixes.
An executive‑summary audit of the Augusta Recreation & Parks Department presented Feb. 3 identified a series of internal‑control and recordkeeping weaknesses, though auditors said they found no indications of criminal fraud.
UHY Advisors’ managing director Jack Reagan told commissioners the firm reviewed more than 20,000 transactions covering 2021–2023 and "did not find anything that we overtly believed were fraudulent transactions." The audit team identified stale policies — the department’s policy manual had not been revised since Jan. 11, 2012 — and widespread inconsistencies in how transactions were recorded between the department’s ActiveNet system and the city’s general…
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