SHELBY COUNTY, TN -
MEMPHIS, TN - (WMC-TV) – Who doesn't dread paying bills every month?
That includes the often hefty cost of cable TV. Memphian Thaddeus
Williams said he does.
"But I don't think I'd tap into someone else's account," said
Williams.
That's what someone is accused of doing. And what they tapped was the
Shelby County Retirement Fund.
"We were looking at the monthly ledger and we realized that there were
a couple of accounts that county money had been shifted to that belonged to
Comcast," said Shelby County spokesman Steve Shular.
Shular said employees immediately recognized something was wrong.
"That some person had used a routing number from a county-associated
check to pay their Comcast bill," said Shular.
The person verbally authorized at least two $250 checks payable to Comcast
using retirement fund money which is used to pay county retirees.
"Once we got that information back from the bank, we immediately
contacted law enforcement and we've got an investigation going," said
Shular.
Shular said the discovery of the theft proves routine audits work.
Additional policy changes will be made to ensure any future fraud is swiftly
detected.
Meanwhile, Comcast customers believe it's best to pay your bill using your
own money.
"They'll always get you, they'll always find you eventually," said
Thaddeus Williams. "It may take some time, but you'll pay for what
you did."
Investigators know whose name is on the Comcast account that was paid.
But, so far, no one has been arrested. Our calls to Comcast have not been
returned.
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Shular said the discovery of the theft proves routine audits work.
Memphian Thaddeus Williams says he dreads paying bills every month.
County spokesman Steve Shular says employees immediately recognized something was wrong while looking at the monthly ledger.
