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Accountant bilked NOLA Traffic Court for $760,000

Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:47 am
Posted by arseinclarse
Algiers Purnt
Member since Apr 2007
34404 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:47 am
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Accusations that Thomas committed fraud have been outlined in previous reports, notably a 2011 probe by the Office of the Investigator General, which was the first to delve into his lucrative Traffic Court business. But the latest audit report brings to light some new details and also raises questions about internal controls at the office and the spending practices of some Traffic Court judges and the court clerk.

The audit found that, although Thomas' invoices reported that he had worked more than 24 hours per day, seven days a week in eight different months during his time in the Traffic Court office, the judges continued to sign his checks.


Fire the judges.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97589 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:48 am to
A black accountant.......that's something you don't see every day
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120085 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:49 am to
Sounds like another case of whitey shitting on the black man to me
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
19952 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:50 am to
What is so wrong with a hard working man?
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120085 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:50 am to
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
18888 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:59 am to
Best line in the whole story.

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Thomas said he had spoken permission to pay himself the money from then-Chief Judge Dennis Dannel. Dannel, who Thomas said acted alone in authorizing the payments and left no written record granting such permission, died in January 2011, just months before the OIG released its scathing report of what investigators said was Thomas' frauds.


What burns me is this, and the money the Judges were spending to fill up their cars and eat at restaurants, comes from money I sent in because of damn traffic cameras. This will go away quietly because the Judges were involved and you can guarantee this guy kept dirt on all of them.
Posted by tigerman03
Metairie
Member since Jul 2008
3743 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:00 am to
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reported that he had worked more than 24 hours per day, seven days a week


Must not be a great accountant. He can't add for shite.
Posted by iwasthere
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2010
1879 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:21 am to
I wonder why the companies he worked for and billed through didn't catch this. Maybe they need to be investigated as well.
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
67589 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:57 am to
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he had worked more than 24 hours per day, seven days a week in eight different months


Probably didn't spend any time with his kids
Posted by Count Chocula
Tier 5 and proud
Member since Feb 2009
63908 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:58 am to
Statute of limitations expires when?
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
67589 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:59 am to
7 years?
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