Former G-man joins auditor's office

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on August 28, 2007 - 2:00pm.
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A former FBI agent is joining Les Merritt's staff.

Frank Perry, once the top agent for the FBI's Raleigh office, will head the inevstigative division of the state auditor's office starting Sept. 1.

For the past year, he has been education director for the State Ethics Commission, where he helped teach thousands of elected officials and state workers about new ethics laws.

As an FBI agent for 22 years, he was involved in the public corruption investigations of former state Agriculture Commission Meg Scott Phipps and former U.S. Rep. Frank Ballance. He retired in 2004.

In a statement, Merritt said that Perry will help take the investigations division "into new directions."

Perry will earn $94,164 a year in the position. 

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