2025 Financial Investigations Highlights

For the year ended December 31, 2025, our financial investigators reviewed 86 fraud-related allegations concerning school districts, counties, State agencies, universities, community college districts, special taxing districts, and other political subdivisions. We also issued financial investigations reports that led to prosecuting agencies obtaining 18 criminal indictments against 2 individuals for potential losses totaling $259,683. Additionally, as a result of previous financial investigations, 2 individuals pleaded guilty and were sentenced for a combined total of 10 years of incarceration, 6 years of probation, and $51,858,112 in restitution. Finally, our financial investigators conducted fraud prevention trainings and other activities to help Arizona public officials and employees understand what could go wrong and what actions they can take to help protect public monies and deter and detect fraud.