The Scott County Sheriff's Office discovered irregularities in various accounts that were the responsibility of a Sheriff's Office employee that had been terminated.
These accounts were reviewed by Sheriff's Office staff and Scott County Administration. It was determined that forensic accounting services would be necessary and an RFP was issued with McGladrey LLP being recommended to conduct this work.
Preliminary results of this accounting investigation indicate that monies are missing. Based on this preliminary information, the Davenport Police Department has been requested to begin a criminal investigation in regards to the missing monies.
When the accounting investigation is done, and the Davenport Police Department completes their investigation, the results of these investigations will be turned over to the Scott County Attorney's Office for possible criminal charges.
As a result of this discovery of missing monies, the Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with County Administration, has implemented controls to ensure that this type of incident does not occur in the future. Further review of controls will be done in conjunction with the McGladrey completed study and the work of the County audit firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP.
