SC auditor resigns after outside audit found $1.8 billion ‘surplus’ was actually an accounting error
South Carolina’s State Auditor George Kennedy resigned on Wednesday after an outside audit found what was thought to be a $1.8 billion surplus in the state’s budget was actually an accounting error.
SC auditor resigns following release of report on nonexistent $1.8B surplus
The state auditor for South Carolina announced his immediate resignation Thursday, just over a week after the release of a forensic report on an alleged $1.8 billion surplus.
South Carolina state auditor resigns from office
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina State Auditor George Kennedy has resigned from office, effective immediately. In a letter to South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster Thursday Kennedy said, "it is in the ...
SC’s state auditor resigns from job amid controversy over state’s $1.8B accounting error
South Carolina State Auditor George Kennedy III and outside independent auditor Remi Omisore, a principal at CliftonLarsonAllen, speak to a Senate Finance subcommittee about the comptroller general’s ...
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