25 Investigates: MassDOT scrapped overtime tracking tool years before suspected fraud exposed
Four months after 25 Investigates exposed suspected overtime fraud among state highway maintenance workers, newly obtained public records show the Massachusetts Department of Transportation had shelved an internal oversight system years before the alleged abuse went unchecked.
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AI GeneratedAn investigation by Boston 25 News reveals that the State Highway Agency (MassDOT) failed to monitor massive overtime fraud because they stopped using a tracking tool years ago. Internal emails show the agency was \"flying blind,\" allowing questionable payments to go unchecked until the reporting exposed the abuse.