Private Company Wasted $495K In Taxpayer Money On ‘Duplicate Services,' Adams 14 Schools Says

By Kati Weis, CBS Denver:

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – The Adams County 14 School District released a long-awaited forensic audit Thursday they say shows misuse of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. The district says its state-mandated private management company – MGT Consulting – spent $495,486.18 on services the company was supposed to do itself.

“(MGT) was already paid a significant amount of money to conduct these services, but then they would go out and hire another group to conduct these services at significant cost to the district,” said Adams 14’s lawyer, Joe Salazar, in a news conference Thursday.

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