COUNTY HOTLINE AIDS FRAUD SEARCH.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer A Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Office of Education commissioner resigned after auditors found he lived outside the county and had improperly received more than $49,000 in cash and benefits. And a Child Support Department employee resigned after submitting fraudulent medical statements to conceal conceal, v to hide; secrete; withhold from the knowledge of others. her incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. in federal prison. These are a few of the cases detailed by auditors in the county's quarterly Fraud Hotline Status Report issued Wednesday. Investigators opened 162 investigations from April 1 to June 30 and closed 106 cases, including 25 that were substantiated. Of those, five employees were fired, four resigned, two were suspended, three were counseled, two were required to pay restitution In the context of Criminal Law, state programs under which an offender is required, as a condition of his or her sentence, to repay money or donate services to the victim or society; with respect to maritime law, the restoration of articles lost by jettison, done when the and two were referred to the District Attorney's Office for prosecution. The hotline, initiated by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San in 1988, has helped investigators detect more than $14 million in fraud. People can make anonymous complaints by calling (800) 544-6861. ``While we had more new investigations this period, there was roughly the same number of substantiated cases as last quarter,'' said Tony Bell, Antonovich's spokesman. ``The numbers look consistently strong and show success in protecting the taxpayers' interests and combating fraud.'' In other cases, auditors found: --An animal care and control employee is expected to be fired for using his position to facilitate dog boarding from which he profited. The employee also admitted to making audio recordings of fellow employees without their consent. --A community and senior services employee was discharged for operating a residential-care facility in which he had a financial interest and while on medical leave. He was also a designated payee The person who is to receive the stated amount of money on a check, bill, or note. payee n. the one named on a check or promissory note to receive payment. PAYEE. The person in whose favor a bill of exchange is made payable. for Social Security benefit checks for at least 10 participants. --A health department manager did not disclose honorariums and paid travel expenses on his statements of economic interest and agreed to declare such income in the future. --A community and senior services employee retired after using his county computer to access and print child pornographic por·nog·ra·phy n. 1. Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal. 2. The presentation or production of this material. 3. images. The District Attorney's Office filed criminal charges. Troy Anderson, (213) 974-8985 troy.anderson(at)dailynews.com |
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