Fake encumbrances

Both encumbrances were journals posted after year end

$1,510,000.00

Amount in this finding

FGrade F · provisionalNew Brunswick

Fake encumbrances · Inference · Updated 09/23/2026 · 3 documents

The FY2024 report certifies 730,000.00 encumbered at 06/30/2024. The ledger shows no commitment against the opioid accounts in that year. The matching journal entries 339 and 340 were posted 12/16/2024. The FY2025 report certifies 780,000.00 encumbered at 06/30/2025. The four matching journal entries were posted between 08/29/2025 and 12/12/2025. No purchase order or contract stands behind either figure. Reading each certified encumbrance as a budget plan rather than a commitment in place at year end is an inference from the posting dates.

Inference, not a finding

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