State audit report shows 'unethical' financial moves at Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville State University administrators violated policy and acted unethically in landscaping contracts worth nearly $2 million, a state audit investigation shows.

The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor investigated the “fraud, waste, and abuse allegations” and presented the findings in a report released Wednesday.

The report concluded that the contracts did not get required approvals per university policy and that one administrator circumvented the rules to move them forward. The report revealed incomplete policies, administrators’ lack of knowledge and a failure to “demonstrate a commitment to integrity and ethical values” at FSU.

“The risks are higher, given the behavior of these two members of management, that there may be other issues going on at the university that’s just not been discovered yet,” State Auditor Beth Wood said in an interview.

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