The contract was for providing fingerprinting equipment to local police departments, a job the Missouri State Highway Patrol had done in the past at no additional cost to the state.

The group was allowed to keep $1.25 million in state money — meant for purchasing the equipment — in its coffers for eight months, costing the state approximately $16,000 in interest revenue, and presumably benefiting the nonprofit.

Juden is the former president of the Missouri Police Chiefs Association. Galloway said he provided false information to the state Office of Administration to justify awarding the contract to the charitable foundation, and that his ties to the group presented the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Lineback is mentioned in the audit.

According to the report, for fiscal year 2018, the Legislature increased the budget for Juden's office by $1.95 million, shifting a stream of money that had previously gone into the coffers of the Missouri Highway Patrol to the account Juden's office controlled.