SC auditor resigns

SC auditor resigns after outside audit found $1.8 billion ‘surplus’ was actually an accounting error
South Carolina’s State Auditor George Kennedy resigned Thursday after an outside audit found what was thought to be a $1.8 billion surplus in the state’s budget was actually an accounting error.
SC auditor resigns following release of report on nonexistent $1.8B surplus
The state auditor for South Carolina announced his immediate resignation Thursday, just over a week after the release of a forensic report on an alleged $1.8 billion surplus.
SC auditor tangled up in $1.8B accounting error resigns
State Auditor George Kennedy's resignation follows the 2023 resignation of former Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom.
South Carolina state auditor resigns amid $1.8 billion accounting scandal
South Carolina auditor George L. Kennedy has resigned following allegations his office failed to report billions of dollars worth of accounting errors.
SC state auditor resigns amid federal investigation into multibillion-dollar accounting errors
Two of South Carolina’s financial officers have now resigned in the wake of multibillion-dollar accounting blunders that prompted a federal securities investigation. State Auditor George Kennedy submitted his resignation Thursday in a letter to the state’s five-member fiscal oversight panel.
SC’s state auditor resigns from job amid controversy over state’s $1.8B accounting error
State Auditor George Kennedy, who has been caught in the middle of the state’s accounting issues, including over whether a mysterious $1.8 billion existed, resigned from his job Thursday, according to sources with knowledge of the resignation.
Reforms coming after SC's $1.8 billion accounting error. Now the question is who to blame.
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South Carolina lawmakers call to axe treasurer after $1.8 billion accounting error
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Will SC House join calls to remove Treasurer Curtis Loftis after most of $1.8B didn’t exist?
I think it’s important to note, this is not any fraud, this is not a misrepresentation, that this is just incompetence, in ...
House Democrat calls for SC treasurer’s impeachment over $1.8B accounting debacle
In the wake of a report that South Carolina’s financial leaders allowed a $1.8 accounting blunder to linger on the state’s ...
$1.8 billion isn’t missing after all in South Carolina but questions remain about accounting error
It turns out that $1.8 billion in South Carolina state funds weren’t just sitting in a bank account waiting to be spent.
SC lawmakers look to hire outside consultant to oversee state’s finances
South Carolina lawmakers are looking to spend more than a million dollars for a third-party consultant to oversee the state’s finances.
With SC’s finances under SEC investigation, lawmakers seek financial ‘babysitter’
An outside forensic auditing firm recommended the state hire a third-party compliance officer after determining most of a ...
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Loftis: SC treasurer is committed to voters and transparency
I write to address claims made in recent editorials questioning my leadership as South Carolina’s treasurer. While I welcome scrutiny, this matter can harm our state’s vaunted credit rating and ...