False characterization

Reported a 7,000.00 opioid concert as attorney fees

$7,000.00

Amount in this finding

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False characterization · Verified · Updated 10/03/2026 · 3 documents

The FY2026 report certifies 9,496.35 of administrative expenses between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p2). Question 8a details them as 9/5/2025 Tate Law Group 2,496.35 and 10/7/2025 Attorney Fees 7000.00. The books show what was paid on 10/07/2025. Purchase order 25-04158 to Children's Aid and Family Services, shipped to the Paramus Police Department, buys the Busterstock opioid awareness concert of 09/13/2025 at the Paramus Bandshell for 7,000.00, invoice 25-01-506. Its payment record reads check 2, date paid 10-7-25. The invoice bills the Police Community Outreach Unit. Tate Law Group's vendor inquiry, from the first order to 08/31/2026, shows two orders ever, 1,414.90 and 2,496.35, and no 7,000.00. The 7,000.00 the report calls attorney fees is the concert check, by date and amount. The same report does not list the concert in its program update, which certifies 4,202.00 for a different payment.