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(The Center Square) – The Arizona Department of Housing lost $2 million as the result of getting duped for a fraudulent transfer of taxpayer dollars, according to a new report from the Arizona Auditor General. The report said the department did not have proper policies in place to limit “fraud, theft, waste and abuse” which led to money from the State Housing Trust Fund being taken by “fraudulent actors impersonating officers from a title company and nonprofit housing organization.” According to the report, the scam became evident when the actual affordable housing nonprofit the department was…

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