Auditor General Jack Wagner Recommends Marcus Hook Trainer Vfra Improve Oversight After Theft

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HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Auditor General Jack Wagner today recommended that the Marcus Hook Trainer Volunteer Firefighters' Relief Association in Delaware County strengthen controls over its finances after a former treasurer stole over $11,000 from the VFRA and its predecessor.

Wagner made the recommendation after his special investigation found that the VFRAs' former treasurer misappropriated $11,639 in funds from two VFRAs by writing checks to himself. The treasurer, Jay Smith, cashed 19 checks written to himself from the Marcus Hook VFRA from 2004 to 2008, totaling $9,276; and wrote four checks in 2008 from the Marcus Hook Trainer VFRA totaling $2,364.

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Auditor General Jack Wagner Recommends Marcus Hook Trainer Vfra Improve Oversight After Theft

Wagner said the treasurer was able to carry out his scheme because the VFRAs were lax in a number of ways, including that the checks were routinely pre-signed and given to the treasurer by the VFRA president. Additionally, th...

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