Finding Text
From a sample of sixty disbursements tested, the audit team noticed one payment to a contractor that violated Clause 17 of the professional services contract. At the time the contract was signed, the contractor was an active employee of the Puerto Rico Fire Department, as disclosed in his resume, nevertheless the employee was contracted by PRNG to provide professional services as an Antiterrorism Program Coordinator. Upon subsequent questioning by the PRNG, the employee was able to obtain a retroactive license from his original employer. Nevertheless, under Clause 17, the signing of the contract without evidence of a license from his original employer results in null or void contract. Thereafter, the contractor agreed to return the amount collected from the Fire Department of $2,882, and the PRNG cancelled the agreement, but after disbursing $23,250 under the contract.