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Fraud Charged by Washington DOC Whistleblower
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2001
by Dan Pens
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2001, page 10
An employee of the Washington Department of Corrections Office of Correctional Operations contacted the state auditor's office in August 1997 pursuant to the State Whistleblower Act. The unnamed whistleblower [we'll call him/her "Doe"] told the auditor that the DOC used improper and illegal methods to award a $560,000 contract to ...
Filed under:
Contractor Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Retaliation,
Whistleblowing,
Computers,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds.
Location:
Washington.
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