Project manager for NYC employee tracking project fired for payroll fraud
New York City's time and attendance software project, CityTime, drew more negative attention recently as the company overseeing the project, Science Applications International Corporation, announced that it had fired a senior employee for payroll fraud.
The recent controversy comes on the heels of a December 2010 scandal that erupted after federal authorities accused several CityTime subcontractors' employees of an $80 million embezzlement scheme.
According to a letter from Science Applications International that was sent to city officials and obtained by The New York Times, former CityTime manager Gerald Denault "routinely recorded set hours each day rather than the actual hours he worked," a violation of company policy. The contractor has agreed to reimburse the city for the expenses, which total nearly $2.5 million.
"The very company entrusted by our city to build a timekeeping system for city employees has grossly mismanaged their own timekeeping," said City Comptroller John Liu at a recent press conference. "Obviously, New Yorkers can see a great deal of irony in this."
Denault denies the allegations and claims to have been paid a flat salary for his work, the newspaper reports.
The recent controversy comes on the heels of a December 2010 scandal that erupted after federal authorities accused several CityTime subcontractors' employees of an $80 million embezzlement scheme.
According to a letter from Science Applications International that was sent to city officials and obtained by The New York Times, former CityTime manager Gerald Denault "routinely recorded set hours each day rather than the actual hours he worked," a violation of company policy. The contractor has agreed to reimburse the city for the expenses, which total nearly $2.5 million.
"The very company entrusted by our city to build a timekeeping system for city employees has grossly mismanaged their own timekeeping," said City Comptroller John Liu at a recent press conference. "Obviously, New Yorkers can see a great deal of irony in this."
Denault denies the allegations and claims to have been paid a flat salary for his work, the newspaper reports.
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