South Carolina's Top Accountant Resigns Over $3.5B Error.
TL;DR
South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom will resign next month after a $3.5 billion accounting error in the year-end financial report he oversaw. The blunder’s revelation last month brought mounting scrutiny, with House lawmakers calling for an impeachment inquiry. The Senate panel investigating the error issued a damning report last week that suggested Eckstrom resign or face removal “for willful neglect of duty.”
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