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Kennedy Audit Finds $6.8M Fraud in Suffolk Homeless Shelters By Matt Meduri Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy (R-Nesconset) and his team have released the findings of their most recent audit: $6.85 million in misappropriated funds between the years 2016 and 2018 at the hands of several homeless shelters across Suffolk. Kennedy explained last Thursday at the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge that seventeen operators misappropriated the near-$7 million by diverting the funds for capital improvements not related to services provided to the homeless population and retroactive salary increases. The $6.85 million makes up just a small percentage of the $107.5 million that the contractors had received. Comptroller Kennedy discuss the housing audit last week in Hauppauge (Credit - Matt Meduri)
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