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    The Interim City Manager, Cynthia Curry, provides a response to a report from fraud consultants MSL regarding an anonymous fraud hotline tip. She states that she had no knowledge or responsibility for a tax lien filed against her former company, as she had divested from the company over 10 years prior. An attachment from her accountant, N. Aimee Barrow, further explains that the dates of the tax assessments and lien filing were well after Curry's departure from the company. Curry maintains that this matter has no bearing on her personally or her role as Interim City Manager.

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    The Interim City Manager, Cynthia Curry, provides a response to a report from fraud consultants MSL regarding an anonymous fraud hotline tip. She states that she had no knowledge or responsibility for a tax lien filed against her former company, as she had divested from the company over 10 years prior. An attachment from her accountant, N. Aimee Barrow, further explains that the dates of the tax assessments and lien filing were well after Curry's departure from the company. Curry maintains that this matter has no bearing on her personally or her role as Interim City Manager.

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    The Interim City Manager, Cynthia Curry, provides a response to a report from fraud consultants MSL regarding an anonymous fraud hotline tip. She states that she had no knowledge or responsibility for a tax lien filed against her former company, as she had divested from the company over 10 years prior. An attachment from her accountant, N. Aimee Barrow, further explains that the dates of the tax assessments and lien filing were well after Curry's departure from the company. Curry maintains that this matter has no bearing on her personally or her role as Interim City Manager.

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    TO: Mayor Lauren Poe and Members of the City Commissio n

    FROM: Cynthia W. Curry, Interim City M a n ~ ~

    DATE: November 21, 2022

    RE: Response to MSL Consultants Report on Fraud Hotline Report


    #2000152785

    On November 1, 2022, the Office of the City Auditor contacted my office to inform my staff
    assistant that a meeting had been set for my attendance on November 8, 2022, with a
    private investigator/consultant (William Blend) of MSL, a CPA firm. I placed a follow up
    call directly to Ms. Ginger Bigbie, City Auditor, who disclosed that she made the decision
    to assign the matter to MSL after an anonymous fraud hotline tip had been reported about
    me regarding an alleged active corporate tax lien filed on a previously owned company,
    CWC & Associates.

    After several follow-up calls with Ms. Bigbie, I was able to incrementally gather enough
    information about the alleged corporate tax lien to do further research on it with assistance
    from my personal accountant and attorney. I state emphatically that I have no
    responsibility for the lien under review and have no other IRS liens filed against me. It is
    important to outline the following:

    • First, I had no knowledge of the Notice of Federal Tax Lien (NFTL) until it was
    brought to my attention through this investigation.
    • Second, as confirmed by the 2006 For Profit Corporation Annual Report filed on
    January 9, 2006, with the Florida Department of State, my interest in CWC &
    Associates ended. The divestiture of interest actually occurred in the final quarter
    of 2005 (Decembe r 31 , 2005).
    • Third, based upon records filed with the Florida Departmen t of State, Articles of
    Dissolution were filed with the Secretary of State on June 14, 2014, by the owner,
    my former spouse, which was 8 years after I had left the firm .
    • Fourth, the dates of assessment for all items identified on the NFTL are 2008-2009
    which are clearly after my removal from the company.
    • Fifth , based on public records, the tax lien was filed on November 22, 2016, with
    the Clerk of the Courts, Miami-Dade County, FL which was 10 years after my
    removal from the company, and 5 years after the dissolution of marriage
    (6/13/2011) from the company owner/former spouse.

    Additionally, beyond the summary bullets stated above, and because of the gravity of the
    hotline tip insinuating fraud, it is important to further elaborate on this matter with a
    response from my accountant, N. Aimee Barrow of The Barrow Consulting Group P.A. I
    understand that my role as Interim City Manager requires a high level of trust,
    responsibility and accountability. Therefore, I sought input and advice on this matter from
    my personal accountan t and personal attorney in order to further review, analyze and
    Mayor Lauren Poe and Members of the City Commission
    November 21, 2022
    Report #2000152785
    Re: Response to MSL Consultants Report on Fraud Hotline
    Page 2of2
    find attached my accountant's review
    advise me on this matter. On my behalf, you will
    and response regarding this matter.
    n that I have already provided , along
    If any further action is required beyond the informatio
    provided by my accountant, who has
    with additional critically important information
    on me personally or my role as Interim
    explicitly laid out why this matter has no bearing
    rded directly to my attorney, Leslie W.
    City Manager, I would request that it be forwa
    is copied on this response.
    Langbein, Esq. of Langbein & Langbein, P.A., who

    Attachments :
    (Joel Knopp, CPA and William Blend, CPA,
    1. Memorandum dated November 15, 2022 from MSL
    rt #2000152785
    CFE) regarding Fraud Hotline Incident Repo
    ber 15, 2022 from Joel Knopp, CPA and William Blend,
    2. Response lo Memorandum dated Novem
    152785
    CPA, CFE from N. Aimee Barrow, CPA re: Matter #2000

    cc: Leslie W. Langbein, Esq.


    N. Aimee Barrow, CPA
    Ginger Bigbie, City Auditor

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