LA schools finds 300 improper contractor hirings
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Unified School District has found possible conflict of interest violations in the hiring of some 300 construction contractors over the past eight years and has transferred two employees in charge of hiring.
Schools Superintendent Ramon Cortines said he has ordered further investigation of the possible violations and will turn over any evidence of conflict of interest to the district's general counsel and the city comptroller, who is performing an independent audit of the Facilities Services Division. He said they'll turn over information to the district attorney's office if warranted.
The review of some 2,000 contract hirings came after the district's regional director of new construction, Bassam Raslan, was indicted earlier this month on nine counts of conflict of interest
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