The missing cash grows to $895,000 from Wake government office, auditors say

[TexasTowelie]

The amount of cash missing from the Wake County Register of Deeds Office has grown to $895,000, county audits show.

Auditors have now looked at the past three calendar years, so the amount missing appears likely to increase as auditors sift through financial records. They plan to track the flow of cash as far back as 2008.

Wake officials on Friday released an internal audit that showed $289,000 missing in 2014, on top of $606,000 previously reported missing for 2015 and 2016.

As the audit continues, some public officials are questioning the initial handling of the investigation into the person at the heart of the case, Laura Riddick, the former register of deeds.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article164200532.html

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Laura Riddick, a 51 year old Republican, elected 6 times.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Getting paid $143K per year isn't enough so stealing is necessary.

While I somewhat understand the use of cash so that they don't have to deal with bad checks, any office that requires cash should have the tightest security features including cameras to record the transactions and frequent audits (both internal and external).