Audit turns up illegal workers at UNC Hospitals

An investigation of University of North Carolina Hospitals by the state auditor's office led to the resignation or termination of 17 employees who used invalid Social Security numbers to get their jobs at the hospital, to UNC Hospitals spokesman Lynn Wooten said Monday.

 

The results of the investigation, released Monday in a report signed by State Auditor Les Merritt, indicated that some of the employees listed Social Security numbers that were determined to be invalid by the Social Security Administration, while others were using the Social Security numbers of dead people.

 

Eight of the workers have been terminated by the hospital and nine others have resigned, Wooten said.

 

The audit also concludes that UNC Hospitals has not performed required quarterly verification of Social Security numbers for its employees. The report recommended that UNC Hospitals submit information from all payroll employees appearing on the quarterly payroll to the Social Security Administration to verify the information.

 

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