State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Clinton County District Attorney Andrew J. Wylie announced the arrest of Mary L. Bell, Clerk of the Town of Saranac. Bell, 54, was arrested Thursday for allegedly falsifying records to hide her failure to deposit more than $800 in cash payments to the town that she collected as Clerk. Her actions allegedly took place from April 2017 to August 2017.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits were issued.
Sales tax revenue for local governments in New York State declined by 3.9 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period last year, according to State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Sales tax collections from January through March totaled $4.3 billion, which was $173 million less than the first quarter of 2020.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits were issued.
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced James “Jay” Spina was sentenced in federal court for running a large-scale health care insurance fraud scheme. Spina and three co-conspirators systematically double-billed insurers, charged for services never rendered, created shell companies and falsified records to hide their crimes.
Spina pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and today was sentenced to serve 108 months (nine years) in federal prison, plus three years of probation and pay $9.7 million in restitution and forfeit $9.1 million.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits were issued.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits have been issued.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits were issued.
Auditors found district officials generally used a competitive process to procure goods and services. However, they did not always seek competition for professional services.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits have been issued.
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System has identified eight villages and three cities in New York that were in some level of fiscal stress in 2020, based on scores that largely reflect the time period before the COVID-19 pandemic. DiNapoli evaluated all non-calendar year local governments and designated three cities and three villages in “significant fiscal stress,” one village in “moderate fiscal stress” and four villages as “susceptible to fiscal stress.”
