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You may be seeing less green grass around as Gov. Cox askes Utahns to cut back on their watering habits in a press conference on Tuesday. This all comes
| Updated: Feb. 7, 2021, 4:28 p.m.
Utah cattle inspectors got rifles they didn’t need and ATVs they didn’t use. They deposited fees in their private bank accounts before reimbursing the state and drove state vehicles for personal use.
Those were some of the findings of an audit released Thursday that criticized the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food for having a “weak control structure” that “would not adequately prevent fraud and abuse from occurring.”
Conducted by the Office of the Legislative Auditor General, the investigation revealed that:
• Livestock inspectors were depositing cash fees into their personal accounts and then writing personal checks to the department.