The Tennessee’s Comptroller’s Office has completed an audit of AltaCare Corporation in Alpharetta, Georgia, which operates a number of nursing facilities in several states. The audit found that AltaCare included $3,224,767.49 of nonallowable home office expenses on the cost reports it submitted to the State of Tennessee.
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office, working in conjunction with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, has resulted in the indictment of John Baskette, the current trustee of Hamblen County.
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office, with assistance from Middle Tennessee State University Audit and Consulting Services personnel, has released an investigation resulting in the indictment and arrest of Aryo Hasnugung, a former international recruiter in the MTSU Office of International Affairs.
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has resulted in former Houston High School Football Booster Club Treasurer Valerie Baker’s indictment after investigators determined she used the booster club’s debit card to withdraw cash, make unauthorized purchases, and pay off a personal car loan. Baker also wrote booster club checks payable to cash and then cashed them for her personal use.
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office, working in conjunction with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, has resulted in the conviction of James Botbyl, the former treasurer for the Fairfield Glade Volunteer Fire Department in Cumberland County.
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has resulted in the indictment of John-Claude Hardin, a former Career Technical Education (CTE) teacher at Unaka High School in Carter County. The investigation began in conjunction with the Carter County Sheriff’s Office after school officials identified and reported cash shortages.
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has created a new interactive web tool that provides important information about Tennessee’s Tax Relief program.
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has resulted in the indictment of Cortney Braswell, the former head football coach at Central High School in Chattanooga. Braswell is currently a quality control assistant for the University of Louisville football team.
The Comptroller’s Office has released its annual Review of Funds Administered by Tennessee’s District Attorneys General and Judicial Drug Task Forces: 1st – 31st Judicial District for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018.
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, has resulted in the federal indictment of Patrick Martin, the former executive director of the Community Prevention Coalition of Jackson County.
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has resulted in the indictment of Jonathan Joy after he overbilled Hardeman County for the sale and installation of five air conditioning units.
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has resulted in the indictment of Rachel Thomas, a former program director for the Jackson Madison County Regional Health Department. The investigation began after Health Department officials reported questionable inventory return transactions.
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has released a report examining how money intended to boost teacher salaries has been used by local school districts. More than $300 million in new, recurring state dollars was appropriated by the General Assembly though the state’s Basic Education Program (BEP) between fiscal years 2015 and 2018. The legislative intent for the increased state funding was to increase teacher salaries across Tennessee.
An audit by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office found a health clinic based in Franklin, Tennessee has been submitting inaccurate information to the State of Tennessee and has been overpaid $6,094,078.01.
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office is making it easier to understand the technical terms and jargon of public finance with its new glossary entitled Defining Tennessee Finance: A Glossary of Public Finance.