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City inspector general uncovers $3.4 million in uncashed checks

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City inspector general uncovers $3.4 million in uncashed checks

POSTED: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 2:56 PM

Patrick Kerkstra

The U.S. Department of Defense handed over $3.4 million to the City of Philadelphia today, the product of a city Inspector General investigation which found evidence of uncashed 2005 wage tax checks from the D.O.D. to the city.

Inspector General Amy Kurland came across the missing funds as part of an ongoing corruption investigation into a former city employee. Kurland had little to say about that ongoing probe, but she said the city notified the D.O.D. of what it found, and D.O.D. records confirmed that the 2005 checks had never been cashed.

Kurland said the city is reconciling all wage tax accounts involving federal agencies as part of its investigation, and she predicted that more uncashed funds would be found.

News of the uncashed check was announced at a press conference where Kurland touted her office's accomplishments over the past year.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:22 PM, 03/11/2010

Taxation without representation and the dopes in city hall still can't do it right.

— Tacony Palmyra

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:26 PM, 03/11/2010

Bwahahaha! Keep electing idiots and let them hire their fellow Democrat homies.

— mikegdj

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:30 PM, 03/11/2010

5 years and they just happened to find it, hey Mr. Nutter try using QUICK Books maybe that will help you with collections.

— herewego

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:31 PM, 03/11/2010

You just cant make this up

— herewego

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:37 PM, 03/11/2010

Latrice Bryant, Latrice Bryant, and Latrice Bryant.

— g$ is an idiot

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:44 PM, 03/11/2010

Cleanup - you crack me up!

— gone with the wind

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:50 PM, 03/11/2010

Paging Vivian Miller!

— JoeC.

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:53 PM, 03/11/2010

Your politicians at work!

— Falls Ed

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:54 PM, 03/11/2010

So, we are asked to pay more tax to pay for this kind of ineptitude? Mayor Nutter is not taking his constituency for fools. He KNOW the people who elected him are fools.

— DonQ

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:56 PM, 03/11/2010

And I was just told that even a young gal selling Avon, who may profit a few bucks a week, still has to pay the $300 business privilege license fee - same as a multi-billion dollar business like Comcast. Nice.

— Loves To Comment

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:04 PM, 03/11/2010

i called verna's office to report a divot in front of my street by the curb. The person in her office charged with helping citizens in sanitation and street matters for her office had no idea what a divot is. I literarly had to spell and define the word for her cuz her exact words were "how do I write this down?"

— workinwestphilly

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:05 PM, 03/11/2010

Didn't the city contact these taxpayers and say "Hey, we haven't received your wage taxes from 2005?"

— gone with the wind

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:09 PM, 03/11/2010

Another reason to vote out the idiots that run this city

— bobg1812

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:10 PM, 03/11/2010

WOWEE

— ILUVPHILLYCITYOFLOSERS

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:16 PM, 03/11/2010

The city needs more employees like Kurland!

— glem zee

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:25 PM, 03/11/2010

EagleRob, THANK YOU!!! I thought it was just me that noticed this windbag. Must be some retired know-it-all. He's probably a dishwasher.

— Could.It.Really.Be...ColonelAngus

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:32 PM, 03/11/2010

You gotta wonder about who is doing the books at the Federal Gov too. Why did they wait until now to say - "Hey, you guys didn't cash checks we mailed you in 2005." Are they just now reconciling their books?

— gone with the wind

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:49 PM, 03/11/2010

I wonder what percentage of those checks are still good after all this time? zero?

— centercity19146

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:10 PM, 03/11/2010

Hey CleanUp, keep up the comments. EagleRob their is enough room on this site for a million comments. The poeple need to be aware of whats going on in city hall, harrisburgh, trenton, DC or wherever the politicians and "public servents" are ripping us off.

— SPECKY