Sunday, October 22, 2006
State Aid to Huntley School District 158 Comes In for Federal Probe Request
State aid to education is the final subject of the board member memo, which was the first attachment in Huntley School District 158 John Berkey’s letter to the United States Attorney General.
1- The State of Illinois conducted audits of the District’s books and found that millions of dollars in false claims had been submitted to the state for reimbursement. The millions of false claims for several consecutive years, were for
2- A State official publicly disclosed that the District did not submit for reimbursement about $1 Million of invoices/expenses to the State.
3- The most egregious example of the false claims submitted was depreciating “phantom” buses that never existed. About 75-100 “phantom” buses were depreciated in consecutive years. The District’s independent Auditor overlooked and/or did not detect the millions of dollars in depreciation errors for consecutive years.
Former stories on the same subject:
1- The State of Illinois conducted audits of the District’s books and found that millions of dollars in false claims had been submitted to the state for reimbursement. The millions of false claims for several consecutive years, were for
· Transportation reimbursements,All evidence of who submitted the claims and who prepared the claim submittals are missing. Documents supporting the claims are missing.
· Special Education reimbursements, and,
· General State Aid reimbursement for one year.
2- A State official publicly disclosed that the District did not submit for reimbursement about $1 Million of invoices/expenses to the State.
3- The most egregious example of the false claims submitted was depreciating “phantom” buses that never existed. About 75-100 “phantom” buses were depreciated in consecutive years. The District’s independent Auditor overlooked and/or did not detect the millions of dollars in depreciation errors for consecutive years.
Former stories on the same subject:
Friday, October 13, 2006 - Huntley School Superintendent Sends Letter Requesting Federal InvestigationFor more McHenry County Blog, click here.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - Washington Office of Justice Department Never Mentioned in Huntley School Board’s Discussion of Invitation to U.S. Attorney to Probe District Finances
Thursday, October 19, 2006 - Current Huntley School Board Members’ Past Actions Targeted in Letter Asking for Federal Probe
Thursday, October 19, 2006 - Huntley School District 158 One of Chicago Crime Commission’s Targets
Friday, October 20, 2006 - Actions of Huntley School Administrators Alleged Illegal
Saturday, October 21, 2006 - Huntley School District’s Outside Auditor Also Fingered by Missive Asking for Federal Probe
