Fiscal Rangers: Scams & Fraud

This blog is dedicated to: Monitoring Election Integrity in Lake County, FL plus: A) improving fiscal oversight, management and operational efficiency of the 1) Lake County, Florida School District, 2) the separate Lake County Government, 3) the North Lake County Hospital District, 4) the operations of the 14 cities in Lake County such as Tavares, Eustis, Clermont & Mt. Dora, PLUS 5) the operations of the independently elected Constitutional Officers (Sheriff, Tax Collector, Assessor, County Clerk, etc.) and also B) Improving fiscal and management effectiveness of other local government agencies and programs spending taxpayer funds. Your membership and support may help us expose abusive tax or policy changes that affect your property and wallet. To read older articles, select them from the categories or archives listings. To get this news more frequently, you should join our Facebook GROUP at https://www.facebook.com/groups/FiscalRangers/.

Scams & Fraud

Over 200 Texas teachers fraudulently "passed" certification tests using a proxy test taker

November 09, 2024

Harris County, TX District Attorney Kim Ogg announced criminal charges Monday against five people accused of participating in a teacher-certification cheating scheme that allowed unqualified teachers to work in local school districts. Read more →

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Posted at 07:04 PM in Corruption in Local Governments, Education, Ethics in Politics & Government, Fraud Examples, Fraud, Waste, Abuse & Oversight, Lake County School District, Scams & Fraud, School Districts - General Info | Permalink | Comments (0)

August 20, 2025

Why Government Agencies Need Strong Spending Controls

Arizona school district dropped employee credit card spending reviews of invoices under $2000, and got cought by local TV station public records request. Read more →

Posted at 12:47 PM in Audits, Corruption in Local Governments, Ethics in Politics & Government, FiscalFiasco, Fraud Examples, Fraud, Waste, Abuse & Oversight, Scams & Fraud, School Districts - General Info, Transparency of Govt | Permalink | Comments (0)

February 20, 2023

James O'Keefe of Project Veritas was just fired by the Board. This is his final statement to the staff today, Feb. 20, 2023

James O'keefe spent 49 minutes today, Feb. 20, 2023 explaining in a video the entire, not well known, train of events leading to his departure from his investigative watchdog group Project Veritas. It happened strangely forced by a hostile Board just days after their huge expose of the Pfizer executive admitting apparent improper actions related to their Covid vaccines. Read more →

Posted at 10:22 PM in Conservative Issues, Consumer Protection, Corruption in Local Governments, Elections & Voter Fraud, Ethics in Politics & Government, Fraud Examples, Fraud, Waste, Abuse & Oversight, Liberal & Democrat Initiatives, Media Bias, Republicans, Scams & Fraud | Permalink | Comments (0)

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December 18, 2022

Phone fraud cost Mt Dora, FL business $30,000. Read this to protect yourself.

A Mt. Dora, FL business lost $30,000 through a sophisticated phone scam where the victim shared info that allowed $30,000 to be transferred out of his checking account. Read the details and protect yourself. Read more →

Posted at 04:19 PM in City - Mount Dora, Consumer Protection, Fraud Examples, Fraud, Waste, Abuse & Oversight, Lake County Lifestyle, Scams & Fraud | Permalink | Comments (0)