DAMNING DOI OIG REPORT COMING OUT ON WYOMING-BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes misused $6.2 million in federal funds between 2013 and 2015

HIGHLIGHTS FROM ARTICLES:

-BIA did not review 2013 Financial Reports until 2016

-BIA did not identify financial errors

-Feds may force tribes to pay back $6.2M

-Tribes did not report $3.3M in spending

-Tribes 'comingled funds' instead of tracking by funding agreement or program as required

-Tribes spent $3.6M on equipment - well over the $500,000 limit

-Tribes took $2.6M for 'indirect costs' without getting the required pre-approval

-Tribes double-billed some 'indirect costs'

-Tribes spent over $4M for bridge built by Rieman Corporation but only $863,034 is reflected in the accounting system.

THIS IS OUR TAX PAYER MONEY, ANONS!

sauce:

https://www.kpvi.com/news/regional_news/report-tribes-misused-million/article_8d70c69e-8cc0-526a-89eb-ed0624263754.html

http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/wyoming/article_3a31a2f2-c63d-5b19-a621-b1f42add437c.html