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Six city employees were fired following investigations launched from a record number of tips on the municipal snitch line last year.

Auditor general Ken Hughes on Monday tabled the 2015 results from the fraud and waste hotline, highlighting the bumper crop of tips handled by an office trying to keep up with managing the information while carrying out its regular audits.

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“We are tracking in 2016 to see a similar volume,” Hughes said. “This is our new normal.”

The annual fraud and waste report largely chronicles the misdeeds of naughty public servants.

Among the fired were two employees caught stealing copper for money and another employee who stole $68 from a city facility.

In another case, an employee was messing with information in a provincial database to hide the fact that assigned work wasn’t being completed. Hughes wouldn’t disclose the database.

The city canned one employee for claiming sick leave to work at a second job. Another fired employee who couldn’t find a colleague to cover a planned vacation simply used a sick day and then simply didn’t show up for work.