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Mass. reports record welfare fraud

Massachusetts State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump has released the annual report for her office's Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI), which identified a record $13.7 million in public assistance benefits fraud in fiscal year 2015. The $13.7 million represents a 44 percent increase over the previous year&

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MBTA overtime king routinely approved his own OT, auditors say

BOSTON – The track maintenance employee who racked up 2,600 overtime hours in less than a year "regularly approved his own overtime reporting form" and retired Jan. 31, according to ongoing audits of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The audits undertaken by KPMG and an internal auditor found

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Probers uncover record $13.7 million in welfare fraud

BOSTON – State welfare fraud investigators uncovered a record $13.7 million in bogus claims in fiscal 2015, according to state Auditor Suzanne Bump. The amount was up 44 percent from the previous year, Bump told the Legislature's Joint Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday. She said her office&