Three City of Albuquerque employees fired for fraud

From KOB-TV.com - The City of Albuquerque fired three employees accused of defrauding the city in various schemes. A report provided to KOB Eyewitness News 4 by the city states employees Susan Dixon and Robin Sandler lost their jobs for running a racket while working inside the John Marshall Health and Human Services Center. They were paid to help non-profits give out patient care, but investigators found they were running a tax return business instead. “These people were not authorized by anyone in the city to be preparing taxes," said Director of Family and Community Services, Robin Otten. Since 2003, the city report states Dixon and Sandler were charging people for tax preparation services, even though neither are licensed to do so. The report states once they met with a private investigator looking into the matter, Dixon ordered her staff to take all of the tax returns to the basement and place them in milk crates and label them “sugar.” “Which says to me they weren't supposed to be doing this," commented Otten. The report also states the two were entrenched in a bowling league racket. Investigators found Sandler had more than 3,000 entries in her city computer of managing a for-profit bowling league, which Otten said had nothing to do with her city job. “Its absurd to think that anyone would have thought it's alright to run a private business while they are on government time being paid by taxpayers," Otten said. And the fraud continues. The report states there is at least $20,000 that nobody can find. Read more

Three City of Albuquerque employees fired for fraud