Overview
- The 48-page OIG report alleges fraudulent invoices tied to MONSE’s SideStep youth diversion pilot, noting $694,000 in payments and referring the matter to law enforcement.
- A MONSE employee emailed a diversion table with roughly 701 names, many of them juveniles, to a personal Gmail account that appeared to belong to a relative.
- The exposed list covered cases from 2018 through September 2022 and included sensitive details such as dates of birth and charges.
- MONSE says it has tightened management standards, is auditing the data exposure, supports further charges for the breach, and has found no evidence of malicious use so far.
- Mayor Brandon Scott says the city was a victim of the alleged fraud and notes the program has ended, as Inspector General Isabel Cumming counters that many financial records remain redacted despite OIG finding instances of fraud.