Audit of Oklahoma health agency changed, could bring charges

 

November 3, 2017



OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A probe of the Oklahoma State Department of Health is being changed to an investigative audit, meaning it could lead to criminal charges in the wake of the resignations of the agency's top two officials after they were accused of financial mismanagement.

State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones told The Oklahoman on Thursday that the state attorney general's office requested the change.

A spokeswoman for Attorney General Mike Hunter, declined to say whether a criminal investigation has been opened.

"We do not comment on whether or not there is an ongoing investigation," Terr...



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