Justin Biggs is scrambling to control the damage from the revelations he misused taxpayer dollars for his personal benefit, announcing May 13 he had paid Knox County. KNOXVILLE , Tenn. — Knox County ’ s top prosecutor is recusing herself from any potential criminal case as the state looks into Trustee Justin Biggs and other county. On April 14, Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs said one employee was terminated due to a breach of policies. The announcement followed a Knox News report that Biggs’. Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs is at the center of an investigation by Tennessee’s watchdog agency into extravagant spending of taxpayer dollars. Biggs and his staff. Knox County Internal Auditor Zac Fullerton told Knox County commissioners in the April 14 email that someone used the county ’ s fraud, waste and abuse hotline to report. A Knox News report found that the Trustee’s Office was under investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury for the use of taxpayer funds for expensive hotels. Biggs and some of his staff members spent taxpayer dollars on high-end hotel stays and drove trustee-leased vehicles for personal trips, Knox News revealed in an. Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs’ office is under investigation by the state’s watchdog for waste, fraud and abuse, Knox News reported April 14. The Knox County committee that oversees waste, fraud and abuse investigations is set to meet June 16. State investigators are looking into Knox County government, and even elected officials who don’t appear to be targets of an investigation are feeling the pressure.
The Knox County Newspaper Investigation You Won't Believe
Justin Biggs is scrambling to control the damage from the revelations he misused taxpayer dollars for his personal benefit, announcing May 13 he had paid Knox C...
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