(The Center Square) – The Cleveland Public Library transferred almost $400,000 to a fake vendor as part of a payment redirect scam , State Auditor Keith Faber said Tuesday.

Faber said the library failed to adopt proper internal controls that would have detected the scheme.

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More than a year ago, Faber issued a bulletin to all public offices on handling payment redirect requests. According to state auditors, the Cleveland Public Library did not follow the controls established in that bulletin.

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