Sedgwick County made a $566,000 payment, but it didnt go where it should have

Sedgwick County spent more than half a million dollars twice in October to pay for one road project, triggering a fraud investigation, records show.

The amount – $566,088.90 – matches what the county lost to fraud more than a month ago. The incident, which involved the county’s finance department, is under investigation.

Sedgwick County sent an electronic payment of $566,088.90 to Wichita construction company Cornejo & Sons on Oct. 7, according to a record obtained in a Kansas Open Records Act request.

It went through the automated clearing house or ACH, which is the electronic network for financial transactions in the United States. Governments and businesses use the network to batch transactions together to pay for things like benefits, payroll, bills and business transactions.

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