For thege reasons, Untolano expiained that stié decided'io Toe ta ey ey
Ta oddttan che accpe= aa rote! ‘to report the matter to the Nashua‘Police Department.
vf Sfeecl, Sue explained that she has filed a coniplain With the Department of/Revenue Administration
and(alsoattempted to file-a report with the New Hampshire‘AHomey Gbnéral’s Ofice wi
poate jogo RS meéy General's Ofiice Who advised her to
isch aeae per Police ‘Department. In addition. she stated that rhe was aware the Hoan of Taxé Land
‘ Ppeals would be investigating the matter as well, The Board of Tax& Land Appeals is responsible for
caring appeals of property tax assessments, exemptions or refunds, whether levied by the State or its
meunicipalities and hearing petitions for tax reassessment and determining the adequacy of reassessments.
Detective Frank Lombardi and Detective Sergeant Robert Macleod with the Criminal Investigation Division
were ‘assigned to investigate Ortolano’s concerns. During. this investigation detectives obtained and
reviewed requested documentation from entities to include Ortolano herself, the Assessing Department to
include an independent audit of the Assessing Department by David Comell of Comell Consultants,
Attomey Both and the State Board of Tax & Land Appeals. Detectives conducted dozens of interviews to
include interviews of all the members of the Assessing Department, former Assessing Department
employees, the property owners of the properties identified as receiving favoritism in their assessments,
members of the Department of Revenue Administration responsible for assessor certifications in New
Hampshire.
In regards to the submission of fraudulent mileage reimbursement reports: All daily work and activity logs
that had been generated were compared to the mileage reimbursement forms that Turgiss had submitted. In
reviewing these logs and using Google maps mapping out the shortest possible distances it would have
taken Turgiss to visit the properties he had on specific days. In doing so it was found Turgiss had not over
reported:any of his mileage and actually under recorded the mileage on some days. In speaking with Walley,
she'axplained that on occasion Turgiss would provide her mileage reimbursement forms with errors on them
where ‘Turgiss would put mileage traveled in for days he had not worked. Walley said as part of her job she
would notice these errors and provide the form back to Turgiss for correction prior to sending them to a
Supervisit for approval. Walley said that Turgiss would correct the forms before they were submitted for
approval and payment. Walley confirmed that she had no information to suggest any of the mileage
recorded on:tne!forms was fraudulent or that Turgiss‘had ever been compensated for mileage on a day that
‘he had notibeen traveling for work. Turgiss made fio admissions to submitting fraudulent mileage
rélmbursement:forms. He confirmed that.on occasion he would accidently put mileage in on the wrong date
and said these errors were always corrected before they were submitted for approval and payment. In
speaking with other members of the Assessing Department they confirmed that Turgiss does the majority of
the field work:for both of the commercial assessorsiin'addition to helping with some residential assessments,
thus accounting for Turgiss submitting higher mileage numbets.
In regards toithe,theft of wages: During the month'of Apal 201 9 Oltolano reported that both she and her
private investigator had observed Greg sleeping in his Vehicle in parking lots inthe City. During the course
of this investigation it was determined thst Turgiss is.a salaried employee. As a salaried employee Turgiss is
entitled tohis Salary regardless of the actual hours he works. as long as he. works at some point during a pay
period. In speaking with Turgiss’s supervisors and the'Human Resources Department it appeared that
Turgiss was completing;the work that was required ahd'expécted of him. In speaking with Turgiss about this
issue he explained that He often used his lunch break inithe middle of the day to relax in his vehicle and
sleep. Reviewing Turgiss’s timecard from when he clocked in'at work during the month of April 2019 it
listed Turgiss on average clocking in to work between'0700 hours and 0730 hours. The Nashua Aysegsing
Départmient is open for business between 0800 hours iind.1700 hours Monday thru Friday.
In Feoards to the concerns of bribery/:favoritism tn assessments, where Ortolano suspected that the assessed
values of, several properties in Nashua'had been changed without going through an abatement process:
Dithia the course of this investipatidn contact with the Agsessing Department supervisors confined they
wets aware of the changes in assessment values that Ortolano had raised concern with and these changus:
isd previously been approved by; the) City, ‘The property cards of the properties Ortalano suspected 24 bhing
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