Audit Uncovers over $5 Million in 'Questionable' Spending on Richmond P-Cards

Audit uncovers over $5 million in 'questionable' spending on Richmond p-cards

RICHMOND, Va. A new report conducted by Richmonds Office of City Auditor has uncovered millions of dollars in "questionable transactions" through the city's purchasing card program that theyve referred to the Office of the Inspector General.The audit revealed that between July 2022 and May 2024, city employees spent more than $20 million using p-cards, which are essentially corporate credit cards intended for low-dollar routine purchases.At leas…

Audit: city credit cards used for $5M in 'questionable expenditures'

“The city’s transaction approval structure did not consistently function as an effective safeguard to ensure taxpayers’ dollars were spent appropriately.”

Personal attacks, calls for resignations as forensic audit call by Mayor of Kamloops fails

Despite expectations by some that a “healthy discussion” was possible at Tuesday’s Kamloops City Council meeting connected to accountability, instead it quickly unraveled into a tense and, at times, hostile exchange, ending with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s motion for a third-party forensic audit of City Hall failing to make it off the ground. The motion — a three-page call for a sweeping, independent audit of almost all City of Kamloops departmen…

Audit finds ‘significant weaknesses’ with Richmond’s government purchasing cards

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