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The video team that exposed ACORN told Fox News they wondered where the millions in govt money went--------they saw rundown buildings, part time staff, lack of professional counselors, etc. Hard as it may be to believe, govt money is usually allocated with specific requirements that are laid out in detailed Congressional documents.

ACTION NEEDED An external audit of ACORN might uncover millions missing through government fraud.

Investigators might find that Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) charges could be filed, subsequent to an investigation of ACORN financial documents, together with testimony of cooperating witnesses who may have participated in years-long ACORN embezzlement schemes. Prosecutors might use RICO as a lever to pry open the massive cover-up of government corruption that is available through “discovery” within the named entities. The RICO device might refresh the memories of recalcitrant wrongdoers, and might expose primary evidence.

L/E should prosecute individuals along with their co-conspirators, and subsets of them, on RICO charges, on grounds that they conspired to keep taxpayers from learning of the scope and dimension of ACORN’S government fraud, and schemes designed to cheat taxpayers.

One government fraud modus operandi might involve conspiracies with entry-level ACORN personnel, perhaps handymen, janitors, maintenance personnel, child care employees, or drivers, that might have been bribed by unusually high salaries, bonuses, or other emoluments, in exchange for secretly cashing government checks and then depositing them in the hidden personal bank accounts of insiders.

Another scheme might work like this: a legitimate ACORN vendor’s account number would be used on checks payable to individuals, while a co-conspirator would sign all checks without question. After the check was issued, the name of the payee would be electronically changed back in computer records to the legitimate vendor to conceal fraudulent payments in connection with government fraud to siphon off public monies.

Individuals may have schemed to bilk the govt by conspiring to deduct, for example membership dues, from weekly ACORN paychecks then accountants might help hide the thefts by filing phony official financial reports. The individuals might have employed accountants and bookkeepers they knew would keep thievery secret.

Taxpayers demand to know if individuals received money from banks, insurance and securities firms and other financial institutions in the form of loans, bonuses, equity positions in business entities doing business with ACORN agencies, due to the fact that the individuals colluded with officials who held power over tax assets, and were in positions to decide where tax assets might be allocated.

Did ACORN file false bank loan applications to take equity positions in companies doing business with ACORN agencies, then conspire to payoff the bank loans by rigging and inflating bids for government contracts, then paid off bank loans when the tax assets rolled in?

In raids of the suspects' homes and offices, law enforcement might find evidence of the financial trail that linked government fraud and ACORN monies to personal payments for cars, trips, luxury items, and box or courtside tickets to sports events.

Investigations may find that others signed off on paperwork and financial forms prepared or verified as true by others, usually the agency president.

Schemes to facilitate government fraud may also include:

1. Allowing one person control over all of accounting functions.

2. Requiring only one signature on checks.

3. Utilizing pre-signed checks.

4. Using numerous bank accounts and 'slush funds' to keep the actual financial position of government entities secret.

5. Utilizing unusual amounts of petty cash.

6. Assigning bank deposit and account reconciliation functions to one person.

7. Having no official purchase-order system.

8. Conspiring to hide reviews of expenses and supporting vouchers from public view.

9. Having no outside auditor to review accounting books.

10. Calculatedly hiring individuals without background checks and references to facilitate fraud.

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