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An employee in the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) defrauded the county of more than $13,000 by spending more than 270 hours seeing private clients during county work hours since July 2024, according to a report released Wednesday from the Office of the Inspector General.
According to the report, the inspector general鈥檚 office informed Richard Madaleno, the county鈥檚 chief administration officer, about the employee. In a Sept. 19 response to the report, Fariba Kassiri, deputy chief administrative officer for the county, said DHHS was 鈥渢aking appropriate steps to seek recovery of the overpayment鈥� and that the employee will be 鈥渟eparating鈥� from the county on Wednesday.
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