Questions raised about why discrepancies werent found in Richmond gift card scandal – BC [Video]

As Richmond RCMP’s Serious Crime Section investigates a gift card scandal at city hall, questions are being raised about why discrepancies weren’t discovered.

Police were called in after Global News exposed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of financial irregularities.

The city says it has been unable to reconcile $295,000 worth of cards bought in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

KPMG audited the city’s financial statements. City of Richmond is defending use of the same company for the forensic audit, saying “It is being carried out by KPMG Forensic Inc., an independent arm of its Audit Services division.”

Richmond MLA and Attorney General Critic Steve Kooner said “We need to get to the bottom of this and we need to find out exactly who was involved, we need to find out who signed off …