Category: Port Everglades
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Broward auditors looked, but found nothing wrong before the Port Everglades P-Card scandal broke
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Two years before the Port Everglades P-Card spending scandal blew up, the Broward County Auditor’s Office issued a reassuring report saying that it had reviewed P-Card transactions at the port and found nothing amiss. -
First guilty pleas in Port Everglades’ ongoing spending scandal
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The first two guilty pleas in the continuing probe into out-of-control P-Card spending by Port Everglades employees were entered Wednesday in federal court in Miami – with more pleas and arrests expected to follow. -
Broward halts probe of whistleblower’s complaint that port boss told him to clam up because ‘county auditors are not our friends’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After doing nothing for months, Broward administrators have shut down their investigation into a whistleblower’s complaint that a top official at Port Everglades told him to stop cooperating with county auditors and detectives investigating widespread purchasing card abuse. -
Broward auditor: Poor port management led to public health issues and let workers use county gear to profit
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward’s independent auditor has slammed Port Everglades for poor management that resulted in public health and safety issues and let current and former employees repeatedly use expensive county equipment for personal financial gain. -
Whistleblower sues Broward County over corruption and retaliation at Port Everglades
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A former Port Everglades supervisor is blowing the whistle on corruption there, including “widespread” purchasing card abuse by port employees and Broward County’s failure to protect him from retaliation. -
Manager says millions lost to cheap rents at Port Everglades; County investigating
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Port Everglades’ property manager has resigned, a month after accusing port administrators of allowing commercial tenants to dodge millions of dollars in rent by “dramatically undercharging” for port warehouse space.
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