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State Auditor's Office Fraud Reporting

August 1, 2022

Update from State Auditor’s Office on Fraud Reporting:

Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 117.103 requires all public employers to notify employees of the methods of reporting fraud, including doing so anonymously. Tips or complaints of fraud in Ohio’s governments may be made at any time by any public employee or private citizen. Fraud may be reported by using the Auditor of State’s website, U.S. Mail, the Auditor of State’s Fraud Hotline, and the Ohio Stops Fraud iPhone app.

U.S. Mail or  Call the Fraud Hotline

1-866-FRAUD OH (1-866-372-8364)

Ohio Auditor of State’s Office 
Special Investigations Unit 
88 East Broad Street 
P.O. Box 1140 
Columbus, OH 43215

Also established in ORC §117.103 is a public log of fraud reports, which includes the date of the report, the entity complained of, the nature of the complaint and the status of the review of the complaint.