The Iowa State Auditor s office released a report Wednesday after finding a former administrative assistant at Iowa s Civil Commitment Unit for Sexual Offenders, a treatment facility for sexually violent predators, allegedly embezzled more than $60,000 from the state by clocking in her husband, who also worked for the group, for thousands of hours of time worked when he wasn t actually there.
Ranae Rapp and her husband, Adam Rapp, were both employed at the CCUSO, which is a division of the state s Department of Human Services Mental Health and Disability Services, according to the report. Adam Rapp, a former psychiatric security specialist, had worked full-time for the CCUSO since 2012 before switching to a temporary position in 2019.
Audit reveals Iowa state workerâs payments to husband Share Updated: 10:47 AM CDT Jun 2, 2021 Auditor of State
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 10:47 AM CDT Jun 2, 2021 Iowaâs state auditor has flagged concerns following an audit of the stateâs sex offender civil commitment unit in Cherokee that showed a worker there made more than $50,000 in illicit payments to her husband over the course of 18 months.An administrative assistant made unauthorized adjustments to the unitâs payroll system to pay her husband more than $52,600 in wages and nearly $9,000 in payroll benefits for time he did not work from August 2019 through February of this year, State Auditor Rob Sand said in a news release Wednesday.The report said the administrative assistant used the key fob of her husband, who had previously worked for the facility, and made manual adjustments to records to show he worked whe