My first thought too.
I would like to see a state judge just walk up to this contractor and put a couple of state police at the doors...then ask them to pull out the finance records. No one leaves the building until everything is perfectly clear. It’d take about twelve hours for someone in this group to start freaking out and showing everything.
I wouldn't be surprised to find out the money was allocated but mysteriously disappeared like the stimulus and green energy trillions. No one knows where that money went yet either. Poof! It simply vanished into thin air.
Maybe the processor needs a visit from Don Corleone. That would get fast results.