The Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico published the result of the investigation of a complaint related to the attendance of an employee of the Municipality of Santa Isabel. The complaint alleges that a relative of the Cleaning and Beautification supervisor in the Public Works office collected pay at the Municipality but did not work.
The investigation revealed that the Municipality's employee since 2011 also worked as an assembler at a recruitment company from May 26, 2016 to April 30, 2017 and recorded his attendance in the AutoTime system.
The examination performed on the attendance record revealed that, for 46 days, the employee had worked at the corporation during business hours; however, he recorded on the Attendance Sheets that he had worked his regular schedule at the Municipality. This represented a payment of $946.27 in salary. In addition, on 28 occasions he was absent from his regular job at the Municipality in order to work at the corporation.
This situation was referred to the Secretary of Justice on November 22, 2021, since it may have constituted the crimes of aggravated appropriation, ideological falsehood, filing of false documents or data, possession and transfer of falsified documents, and fraud.
The investigation also notes that this employee's supervisor reviewed and approved all the attendance sheets, despite being a relative. This situation was referred to the executive director of the Office of Government Ethics, since it may have constituted the crimes of breach of duty and violations of a criminal nature.
The Result of the Investigation dated February 1, 2022.
See the Result of the investigation RIQ-DIE-22-02.
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