Report Summary
Metropolitan State University
Special Review
Employee Theft of Funds
| Public Release Date: March 11, 1994 |
No. 94-08 |
Objective
We conducted a special review of allegations that a former employee of
Metropolitan State University fraudulently prepared an invoice, forged
a supervisor's signature, and submitted it for payment. We initiated
our review into the allegation based on information received from the
State University System's internal audit function. Our review
addressed the following question:
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Did the employee fraudulently prepare an invoice for services not
rendered and forge her supervisor's signature on the invoice in
order to receive additional compensation?
Conclusions
We found that Colleen Erdes, a former employee of Metropolitan State
University, submitted a false invoice to the University for payment.
We found that Colleen Erdes did not perform 196 hours of service and
that she acted alone in preparing and submitting the false invoice.
As a result, Metropolitan State University paid $5,096 for services
it did not receive.
On January 6, 1994, we provided copies of our documentation and
conclusions to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office for their
review and possible prosecution.
