Senate Looks at Bounced Checks Numbers

Finance Committee Chair Sen. Donna Frett-Gregory expressed concern to the Finance Department on Tuesday about how its budget was presented and how it accepted $2.2 million in worthless checks.

The lion’s share of the bounced checks ($1.7 million) was written to the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Frett-Gregory said she believed those checks were written intentionally to bounce and that they should be sent to the Attorney General’s office for action.

Kevin McCurdy, the commissioner of Finance, agreed with Frett-Gregory and said he would take action regarding the bounced checks.

Lucy Nunez, the director of Finance’s Treasury, said the Department of Planning and Natural Resources received the most bounced checks after BIR—$157,000—and the Office of the Lt. Governor next with $100,000.