SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state audit found that the Seattle School District paid $280,000 for services it didn’t receive.
The Seattle Times reports the audit also questions $1.5 million in spending for services that did not benefit the district or that could have been done by district employees.
The audit has been turned over to Seattle police and King County prosecutors. The school board has hired a private attorney to investigate.
Seattle School District Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson said the district requested the audit after it discovered possible fraud last year in the Small Business Development Program.
