Madison County was the victim of a $2.7 million cyber scam, the Board of Supervisors announced this morning after an executive session lasting nearly 90 minutes.
A $618,000 shortfall in the Madison County Tax Collector’s office appears to have been caused by overpayment of tax collection commissions, a forensic auditor told the Board of Supervisors last week.
Madison County will have a budget that exceeds $200 million for the first time in history, County Administrator Greg Higginbotham told supervisors on Monday before the board adopted the new budget.
Madison County’s borrowing ability could be impacted by an audit that has shown the Tax Collector has failed to keep adequate books as far back as 2017.