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Buncombe County to onboard Cherry Becker for internal audits; commissioners press for direct oversight
Summary
The audit committee advanced onboarding Cherry Becker for an internal-audit risk assessment, a July audit start, and ongoing fraud-hotline support; commissioners demanded timely transparency and access to reports because of past county fraud concerns.
The Buncombe County Audit Committee advanced onboarding of Cherry Becker to perform a county internal-audit risk assessment, execute at least one audit engagement, and operate the county’s fraud hotline intake and investigations, while repeatedly pressing staff and the firm to preserve audit independence and keep commissioners directly informed.
Tiffany McCoy, a forensic manager with Cherry Becker, told the committee the firm proposes to kick off a risk assessment in April with information gathering, analyze in May and…
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