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Fraud-probe report finds multi-breaches: A state investigation into an alleged fraud by a former clerk shows Broward County's labor agency failed to follow rules already in place.
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Miami Herald (Miami, FL)
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August 2, 2007
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Byline: Niala Boodhoo
Aug. 2--Officials at Broward County's labor agency didn't follow the rules they had put in place to prevent fraud, allowing one clerk to steal more than $2 million from the local employment agency, state investigators found in a recent inquiry into Broward Workforce One.
Former accounts payable clerk Brenda Felder faces trial in three weeks on charges that she wrote hundreds of checks to herself from the agency over a period of four years. The theft, which investigators believe began in 2002, was uncovered last fall by a teller at Felder's bank.
Workforce One, the agency tasked with helping Broward County residents find jobs, is funded by ...