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Fraud safeguards likely lacking at Surrey and other public governments: SFU prof

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Surrey City Hall employee Sunny Catlin is accused of paying herself $2.5 million in fake cheques.

Surrey police obtained a 44 -page search warrant to get a year ’s worth of social media posts and financial transactions in electronic data involving Catlin .

Professor Michael Fevere-Marchesi says Surrey city hall's lack of fraud detection and prevention practices was “concerning,” but not surprising.

Coun. Linda Annis' motion for the city to hire a full-time auditor general failed in 2021 .

The Union of Municipalities of B.C. said it has not passed resolutions at its yearly conventions regarding financial transparency or oversight.

“Legislation governing financial oversight needs to change.”.

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