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$50,000: An investigation by the city found that an employee who managed fundraising for a charity had defrauded the organization and vendors of almost $50,000 over six years. More than half of that has been recovered and litigation is underway to get the rest. The person is no longer working at the city and the matter has been referred to Toronto police.

5 : Number of transit enforcement officers that were dismissed from their job, and charged by police, for allegedly partaking in a false ticketing scheme. They were charged with attempting to obstruct justice and fabricating evidence last month. Three other employees were dismissed for “discreditable conduct.” The five allegedly submitted hundreds of false provincial offences tickets, pinning them on panhandlers or loiterers who were not actually ticketed. The TTC promised a thorough review of its procedures, and vowed to go after the former employees for money paid to them for time they never worked. As of Friday, no progress has been made on that front, the TTC reported.

1-877-993-6744: The phone number for the Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s “Do What’s Right” hotline, which will receive anonymous tips about an ongoing investigation into potential kickbacks at the public housing agency. This week, CEO Gene Jones Jr. reported that he had hired an outside firm to probe possible problems with how the agency has been doing repair work. The allegations range from kickbacks, to double-billing and shoddy work. Mayor Ford says he has heard about issues at the company for years, and worries that the city might have a serious problem on its hands. Mr. Jones could not put a dollar amount on how much money may have been wasted, how many employees might be involved or how high up in the organization it could go. He also offered up his own phone number, 416-981-4050, for whistleblowers to call him directly.