"Thousands of dollars in missing packages from mailrooms, a city employee taking weeks of paid sick leave to work another job and a retiree's credentials being used to attempt multi-million-dollar fraud are just some of the highlights in an annual report from Toronto's auditor general being presented Thursday. Several employees involved in examples laid out in the auditor general's report on the fraud and waste hotline no longer work for the city and are ineligible to be rehired."
"The impact of fraud goes deeper than just financial losses, Tara Anderson, the city's auditor general, writes in her report. Wrongdoing perpetrated in the workplace can damage employee morale and can negatively impact the organization's reputation, Anderson wrote. The fraud and waste hotline was established in 2002 as a way for city councillors, employees and Torontonians to report allegations of fraud or mismanagement. The most common substantiated complaints submitted in 2025 include subsidy fraud, irregular benefit claims and time theft, Thorne writes."
"Last year, the office investigated two substantial frauds each involving more than a million dollars. In June, the auditor general's office released a report that outlined an attempted electricity fraud. The City of Toronto was nearly swindled out of $2.5 million in 2019, when a retired city employee's credentials were used to sign contracts with third-party energy retailers instead of with Toronto Hydro."
Multiple instances of workplace fraud and mismanagement in Toronto included missing mailroom packages, an employee using paid sick leave to work another job, and a retiree's credentials used in attempted multimillion-dollar fraud. Several employees implicated no longer work for the city and are ineligible for rehire. The city's fraud and waste hotline, created in 2002, continues to capture allegations from councillors, employees and residents. Common substantiated complaints in 2025 were subsidy fraud, irregular benefit claims and time theft. Investigations last year included two frauds over a million dollars and a near $2.5 million electricity contract swindle.
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