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May 2013

05-09-13

Special Audit Confirms Payroll Tampering

April 2013

04-23-13

Special Audit of Cleveland Charter School Racks Up $1.3 Million in Findings

04-04-13

Audit: $31,000 Stolen by Sheriff’s Lieutenant

March 2013

03-13-13

Columbus Man Charged with Fraud Involving Federally Funded Tutoring Program

03-06-13

Cincinnati Charter School Superintendent and Treasurer Indicted

February 2013

02-28-13

Continued Mismanagement Found at Richard Allen Community Schools

02-27-13

Statement from Auditor of State Dave Yost

02-15-13

Former Clinton Township Fiscal Officer Sentenced

02-11-13

Nine Schools “Scrubbers” in Statewide Attendance Audit

January 2013

01-25-13

Expected Release of Statewide School Attendance Audit

01-15-13

Former Painesville Schools Employee Bought Personal Items on Taxpayer Dime

December 2012

12-20-12

Special Audit Confirms Missing Money at Ashland County-City Health Department

12-18-12

Audit Rejects $200,000 in Medicaid Psychology Charges

12-13-12

Bellaire Audit Confirms Former Utility Clerk’s Theft

November 2012

11-19-12

Statement from Auditor of State Dave Yost

11-08-12

Former Fiscal Officer Indicted on 30 Counts of Theft in Office

October 2012

10-31-12

Statement from Auditor of State Dave Yost

10-23-12

Audit Identifies $9,700 in Missing Funds at Village of Jerusalem

10-23-12

No Evidence of Scrubbing Found in Second Phase of Attendance Data Audit

10-16-12

Nearly $4.2 Million Stolen from Cuyahoga Heights Schools

10-04-12

Questionable Practices Found in Five Districts

September 2012

09-27-12

Henry County Commissioner Indicted for Conflict of Interest

August 2012

08-10-12

Strong Early Response to Columbus City Schools Hotline for School Attendance Investigation

08-09-12

State Auditor Establishes Hotline for the Columbus City Schools School Attendance Reporting Investigation

July 2012

07-31-12

Statement from Auditor of State Dave Yost

07-24-12

Taxpayer Dollars Missing in Springboro Building and Zoning Department

07-19-12

Special Prosecutor Recovers $137,000 for Brown County

June 2012

06-21-12

Former Charter Schools Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Federal Funds

06-19-12

Auditor Yost Taps Andrew Bodzak as New Investigator

06-05-12

Township Cash Payments $12,000 More than Allowed

May 2012

05-31-12

Shye's List of Debt Grows

05-24-12

Missing Bellaire Water Clerk Arrested in New York

05-17-12

Shye Continues to Stick Taxpayers with the Bills

05-17-12

Former Charter Schools Treasurer Charged with Embezzling Federal Funds

April 2012

04-10-12

Auditor of State Reports Results of Voluntary Study of 24 Local Governments in Lake County

March 2012

03-14-12

Former Ottawa County Sheriff Spent Public Dollars for Personal Items

February 2012

02-21-12

Conflicts of Interest Plague Richard Allen Academy Schools

January 2012

01-26-12

Auditor Yost Issues Fourth Finding in Six Months Against Charter School Treasurer

01-17-12

Auditor of State Takes on Food Stamp Fraud

December 2011

12-13-11

Auditor of State Pegs Juvenile Court Theft at $5,000

October 2011

10-04-11

Former Principal and Athletic Director Admits to Theft in Special Audit

July 2011

07-07-11

No Documentation of Financial Transactions Leads to More than $350,000 in Findings for Recovery

February 2011

02-24-11

Former Alger Fiscal Officer Charged with Theft in Office

02-22-11

Special Audit of the Village of Germantown

January 2011

01-18-11

Auditor Yost Investigating Possible Theft in City of Grove City

December 2010

12-23-10

Taylor Audit Identifies Nearly $1 Million Missing

12-13-10

Taylor Investigation Leads to Indictment of Former Ripley Utilities Clerk

November 2010

11-23-10

Taylor Investigation Identifies More Than $80,000 Misspent in Morrow County

September 2010

09-30-10

Taylor: Audit Reveals Nearly $150,000 Missing from Erie County Treasurer’s Office

July 2010

07-29-10

$21,190 Missing from Village of Golf Manor

07-22-10

Taylor: Audit Reveals More Than $85,000 Misspent

07-21-10

Taylor: Contractors Bilked Cuyahoga County Communities Out Of More Than $2.5 Million

07-06-10

Village of Ashley Audit Exposes Fraud

June 2010

06-25-10

Auditor of State Reveals Nearly $3 Million Stolen from Stark County Taxpayers

06-16-10

Statement from Auditor of State Mary Taylor on the Dan Burns Verdict in Cleveland

February 2010

02-16-10

Taylor: Trusted Public Employee Pocketed Nearly $38,000

02-08-10

Taylor: After School Program Coordinator Pocketed Thousand of Dollars in Student Fees

January 2010

01-22-10

Auditor of State Investigation Leads to a Sentence of Eight Years in Prison for Former Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village Superintendent

01-07-10

Taylor: Former School Administrator’s Alleged Theft in Toledo Approaches $660,000

December 2009

12-22-09

Taylor Calls for Ethics Probe of Two Cleveland-Area Charter Schools

12-15-09

Taylor: Former Cleveland Municipal Schools Administrator Accused of Stealing $181,000

12-15-09

Taylor Audit Identifies Thousands of Dollars Missing in Lithopolis

12-10-09

Taylor’s Investigation Identifies Thousands of Dollars Missing in Lincoln Heights

November 2009

11-06-09

Taylor Calls for Ethics Probe of NuBethel Center of Excellence

11-03-09

Guilty: Helms Agrees to Plea Deal Following Taylor Investigation

August 2009

08-05-09

Taylor Audit Reveals Superintendent Took More Than $295,000 from School District

June 2009

06-25-09

Taylor Investigation Leads to Criminal Charges against Former Bethel Official

May 2009

05-05-09

Taylor: Fraud Reporting System One Step Closer to Reality

April 2009

04-23-09

Taylor Investigation Leads to Criminal Charges for Former Sardinia Official

04-02-09

Taylor Releases Results of Cincinnati Charter School Investigation

04-01-09

Taylor Investigating Possible Theft in Stark County Treasurer’s Office

04-01-09

Taylor Investigation Secures Indictment and Arrest of Former Clyde-Green Springs Superintendent

March 2009

03-25-09

Auditor of State Mary Taylor’s Investigation Leads to Jail Time for Former Clark County EMA Director

January 2009

01-16-09

Taylor Investigation Ends in Probation, Fines for Former School Treasurer

December 2008

12-23-08

Taylor Launches Special Audit Investigation of Cleveland Metropolitan and Toledo Public School Districts

October 2008

10-16-08

Taylor Releases Special Audit of Hardin County Treasurer’s Office

10-14-08

Taylor Releases Special Audit of Loveland City School District

September 2008

09-29-08

Auditor of State Investigation Leads to Guilty Plea from Former Clark County EMA Director

August 2008

08-29-08

Hardin County Treasurer’s Office Employee Guilty

08-19-08

Taylor Completes Investigation of Lockland Mayor’s Court

08-14-08

Taylor Announces Special Audit of Hocking Technical College

08-12-08

Taylor Announces Special Audit of the Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village School District

July 2008

07-10-08

Taylor Releases Special Audit of Clark County Emergency Management Agency

June 2008

06-04-08

Taylor Announces Special Audit Investigation of Attorney General’s Office

April 2008

04-29-08

Auditor of State Investigation Leads to Indictment of Former County EMA Director

04-09-08

Taylor Releases Audits of Clinton South Joint Fire District and Village of Midland

March 2008

03-21-08

Taylor Audit Reveals Thousands Owed to District

03-11-08

Taylor Releases Lorain City School District Audit

February 2008

02-07-08

Taylor Investigation Results in Guilty Plea

January 2008

01-29-08

Taylor Exposes $7.5 Million Misused by Cleveland Day Care

November 2007

11-20-07

Taylor’s Special Audit Leads to Criminal Charges

11-15-07

Taylor Reports Fayette County Nursing Facility May Owe State Nearly $100,000

August 2007

08-24-07

Investigation Results in Indictment of Employee of Hardin County Treasurer’s Office

June 2007

06-21-07

Taylor to Investigate Allegations of Theft in Lockland Mayor’s Court

May 2007

05-24-07

Taylor Announces Special Audit of Champaign County Municipal Court

05-24-07

Taylor Announces Investigation of Financial Transactions at Westfall Local School District

05-10-07

Taylor Releases Lorain County Board of Mental Health Audit

March 2007

03-06-07

Taylor Releases Morrow Co. Sheriff’s Office Audit