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The state Auditor's Office has a smartphone application that allows people who spot government fraud or waste to report it, using their smartphones, to the office's investigative division.
Users can download photos or video to support their allegations, according to the office. By law, the names of those making reports are kept confidential. The app, available for iPhones and for phones using the Android operating system, allows for anonymous reporting.
Updated: A professor from North Carolina State University used grant funds to go on family vacations at top-dollar beach resorts, according to a report by the Office of the State Auditor.
The report accuses Stacy Nelson, an associate professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, of taking two trips in 2011.
Nelson allegedly used $3,359 intended from state Department of Transportation grant funds to take a couple trips to the Outer Banks in July and August 2011.
