Misuse Of State-Issued Credit Cards

Despite some abuse of state credit cards, program saves money and paperwork, officials say

Audits of 10 state agencies in the past year have found misuse of state-issued credit cards, resulting in the firing or resignation of several state workers and investigations by the attorney general’s office.

But officials from the Comptroller’s Office that oversee the cards 7,500 employees hold say that abuse is rare, and the cards return millions in rebates to state coffers, streamline procurement, speed payment to vendors and generate less paperwork.

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