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Report: Money stolen from Shreveport's development authority using fake checks

(The Center Square) — An audit report of the Shreveport Downtown Development Authority found evidence of embezzlement using the authority's name from its own checking account.

The contract audit by Cook & Morehart, an accounting firm based in Shreveport, examined the fiscal year ending December 2023. The report, done at the behest of Louisiana Legislative Auditor Mike Waguespack's office, described…

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