Official sacked over company expenditure
27/03/2003 - 09:41:55A British government official in Northern Ireland has been sacked and two more disciplined following an investigation into excessive and unaccounted expenditure of ten of thousands of pounds of public money, it was revealed today.
After a 15 month investigation a report by government auditors slated the lack of financial controls operated by the board of a company set up with tax-payers’ money to promote economic development in the western counties in the North.
Thousands of pounds spent on the company credit card during trips around the world remains unaccounted for.
It included huge amounts spent in restaurants and hotels by the man sacked.
