On May 8, 2009, a former assistant fire chief of a public fire district in the Seattle area was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay almost $1 million in restitution to the South King County Fire & Rescue District. Grant Gaspard used purchase orders and a district credit card to pay for hundreds of thousands of dollars of personal charges. He stole more than $775,000 from the district over a six year period. He also submitted a falsified invoice and received a $98,000 check at his home.
Gaspard resigned his position in July 2009 after more than 27 years with the fire district. The
A fundamental principle of government contracting is that there must be checks and balances and a separation of duties to prevent fraud and abuse. In addition, public agencies that issue government credit cards to their employees as a method of streamlined procurement must have clear procedures, expectations, and monitoring systems in place to prevent misuse of the credit cards.
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