I've found dubious charges on our previous OC manager's financial statement — is this a police matter or should we have an audit done?

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Reviewing a financial statement from our previous OC Manager, I have found several dubious charges. Is this a police matter or should we have the books audited?

Reviewing a financial statement from our previous OC Manager, I have found several dubious charges. I've checked these charges with suppliers.

The discrepancies include a charge of $1685 for Essential Services when these services were billed as $232. There are also charges of three water excesses of $2500 each when no work has been carried out or billed. There are also Owners Corporation charges for repairs in addition to agreed insurance work.

What should I do? Is this a Police matter? Should we get an audit done? If we get an audit done, what are the next steps?

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Rod Laws
Rod Laws Tinworth & Co

I would engage an auditor and provide the auditor with your concerns. If the audit report supports your findings, then I would suggest consulting a strata solicitor would be the next step with a view to potentially taking the matter to the tribunal for remediation.

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