State worker says bosses punishing him after exposing fraud, waste in Kentucky's court system

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A state worker at the center of an attorney general's investigation says his bosses are punishing him for exposing waste and fraud in Kentucky's court system.

Scott Brown was placed on unpaid leave earlier this year after an anonymous complaint prompted the attorney general's office to look into his handling of the sale of some surplus state vehicles.

But Wednesday, Brown filed a whistleblower lawsuit saying the complaint was bogus and meant as retaliation for his work to uncover illegal activity in the Administrative Office of the Courts, the operational arm of the state court system.

Specifically, Brown said he has been cooperating with FBI agents as they probe a series of no-bid contracts awarded for heating and air conditioning maintenance projects at courthouses across the state.

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