A Utah CEO spent state grant money on vacations, political donations, auditor says
By Robert Gehrke
“The alleged misappropriation, which occurred over the course of two years, went undetected because the Office of Economic Opportunity and Utah State University, which administered the taxpayer grants, had no oversight mechanisms in place. An anonymous whistleblower called the auditor’s tipline early this year, alerting them to the problems.” (emphasis added)
by: Derick Fox
“Cannon said the President was able to misuse public funds in multiple ways because of a lack of oversight by the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity and Utah State University, which jointly administered the funds...” (emphasis added)
Utah nonprofit spent millions of taxpayer funds on private company, vacations, state auditor finds
By Brigham Tomco
“Tuesday’s report found that the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity and Utah State University...both failed to monitor Impact Utah’s operations in compliance with state code.” (emphasis added)
CEO of Utah nonprofit misused public funds for personal expenses, political donations, audit finds
BY ALIXEL CABRERA
“In its official response to the audit, the economic opportunity office’s executive director Jefferson Moss promised ‘GOEO has not, and will not, distribute funds to an entity after an audit shows grant funds were inappropriately used.’” (emphasis added)
Audit finds head of Utah non-profit used taxpayer dollars for massages, vacation to Hawaii
by Jake Taylor
“The report also criticized the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity and Utah State University for their lack of oversight, which allowed the misuse of funds to go undetected.”