City card stolen, charges of $10,000

2008-09-03 / News

Jim Epperson Bullard Banner News

A Bullard administrator said a stolen city credit card has charges for one month of fuel charges, which could be $10,000.

Bullard alleges that a man who was doing work for the city through a temp agency had stolen the card. City Manager Larry Morgan said the card was stolen from a utility office desk.

"We're still adding it up, but its going to be about $10,000," Morgan said.

Morgan said he is unhappy with the temp agency, Spherion, that supplied the workers. Morgan said he was also unhappy with the credit card company because the city has daily and weekly limits.

Morgan said the thief had the pass code to the card.

Two men were arrested on credit card abuse complaints August 26 at a gas station in Jacksonville. They are currently out on bond. Their bail was set at 10,000 each, a Jacksonville police office said.

The police said two men used the card to buy gas at a Jacksonville gas station.

"We've had these cards for years and years and nothing like this has ever happened," Morgan said.

Belinda Sims, the office manager for Spherion, said she cannot legally comment at this time. "I don't have any idea what's going on," she said. "He was not an employee of ours when this happened."

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