Report: Company Hired to Board Up Properties Violated City Contract and Swindled Business Owners
A company hired by the city of Portland to board up burglarized and vandalized businesses violated its contract and over-charged property and business owners numerous times, city auditors found. The city’s ombudsman, which operates under Portland’s Audit Services Division, found that 1-800-BoardUp–a company hired to board up buildings with plywood during emergencies–inappropriately profited by skirting its city contract and directly billing business owners and companies at much higher rates than it was supposed to. Findings...
Source: portlandmercury.com