The Office of the Utah State Auditor recently released its “Report on Kane County’s Internal Control and Financial Practices,” a follow up to the previously released “Report on the Investigation of Theft.”
The report involves the state auditor’s investigation of allegations against recently resigned Kane County Treasurer Georgia Baca regarding embezzlement by illegally transferring public funds to her personal account.
The report finds that county funds were misused without detection due to inadequate oversight. Mismanagement of funds included bank transfers from county accounts to the treasurer’s personal accounts, county funds used to pay for personal cell phone services, inappropriate transfers between county accounts, deficit bank balances, and missing signatures on checks.
The report also finds that inadequate separation of duties allowed cash to go missing without detection.
The full report may be found on the Utah State Auditor’s office website, auditor.utah.gov, specifically at secure.utah.gov/auditor/osaReports/downloadReport.html?reportId=9849.
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