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Lewis Smith

Clerk was able to steal £238,000 from town council because of major governance failings

Serious failings in financial management and governance have been discovered at a town council in Bridgend County Borough this week, in a report published by Audit Wales.

Maesteg Town Council were said to have failed in carrying out their own financial controls, and created an environment which could be 'exploited to defraud,' according to the report issued by the Auditor General for Wales.

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