Arizona Sheriff used hidden database to misspend up to $80 million, officials claim

Source: Raw Story

A hidden computer database recently discovered in the course of a racial profiling investigation shows Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio misspent up to $80 million in funds intended for jail operations, according to Maricopa County supervisors and budget officials.

The hidden database contained payroll logs that detailed staff assignments and payments which were different than the staff assignments and payments reported in the official county-run database, they said.

"They've developed a system that basically tracks where they are working versus where they are being paid, and they did not update the official database, which led to the potential problems," Deputy County Manager Sandi Wilson told The Arizona Republic. "I think they deliberately hid this info from us."

A spokesman for the Sheriff's Office denied any intention of hiding information from the county and blamed the duplicate payrolls on a lack of compatible technology between the Sheriff's Office and county agencies.


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Any opportunity that comes up needs to be taken advantage of!

For so many reasons.

:sarcasm:

Cause he's gonna need em.

After all, the punishment has to fit the crime.

They either can't or want touch that evil man.Joe must have the goods on some of the high level office holders.He remind me of J Edgar Hoover,a person above the law.

Most power-tripping "authority figures" are, to one extent or another.

I cannot WAIT to see uppance come for this sack of horsehit.

I'd hoped it would be some more original crime.

I do not give a rat's ass about how wonderful he thinks he is, you simply cannot run a double set of books. That is accounting fraud, and whoever (1) did it and (2) knew about it but didn't report it, needs to go to prison.

And by that I do not mean Arpaio Tent Jail, I mean a federal institution--Terre Haute comes to mind--because some of Arpaio's money comes from federal grants.

Right in Maricopa County...stick him in general pop. See how long he lasts in his pink panties.

Ignorance is no excuse - a reason maybe but no excuse.

So running a tent prison racket turned out to be realllly
profitable but didn't save the county a dime. What a surprise!!!

...breaking rocks in the hot sun.

I used to live in Maricopa County. Sheriff Joe is an asshole.

but what we did know, was enough.

I hope you enjoy your stay in the pen. I know your fellow prisoners will!