RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — At least five million in Richmond taxpayer dollars were spent on “questionable transactions” over a 5-year period. This is just one of several discrepancies identified during an audit of the city’s employee purchasing card program, which was found to be poorly regulated and lacking in oversight.
In recent months, the city of Richmond has been working to overhaul its employee purchasing card (p-card) program to prevent future fraud, waste and abuse.
On Tuesday, June 24, the Office of the City Auditor (OCA) released a more than 60-page audit of the p-card system — which was called for as part of this process…