US Attorney: Third DCFS auditor accused in fraud case

theadvocate.com ^ | 12 June 2014 | Advocate staff report

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Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a third state Department of Children & Family Services auditor with diverting federal funds for a wide array of personal items and leisure expenses.

Corey S. Polk, 33, of Baton Rouge, could receive up to 10 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and restitution, and also have to return whatever gains he acquired through the alleged fraud while he served as a managing auditor for the Department of Children & Family Services, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana said in a news release.

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They defrauded needy families and children with their scam.

The supervisor who worked this scam out with Corey Polk is Delrice Augustus.

There is this Article on Delrice Augustus on FreeRepublic.com:

Louisiana state audit director charged with fraud

This article about Delrice Augustus was from April, 2014 via NOLA.com

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NOLA.com had the story about the second state DCFS Auditor charged on May 30, 2014:

[NOLA.com] Second state auditor charged in DCFS fraud scheme

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Story on all three bad apple auditors for DCFS