A top official at Baltimore County’s Department of Economic and Workforce Development, William “Chris” McCollum, made $29,670 in unauthorized expenditures when he headed the county’s Ag Center, according to a report released today by Inspector General Kelly Madigan.

Another $8,925 in problematic purchases were made by a lower-ranked employee who had access to county-issued procurement cards (“P-cards”).

The names of McCollum and Mary de la Reguera are redacted in the publicly issued report, and Madigan declined to comment further.

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