District Attorney Mike Harson said the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's office has been investigating the alleged embezzlement but that he just received a report on the case Monday.
The state Department of Children and Family Services, called DCFS, handled 130,186 cases, including 192 child fatalities, during the five-year period, between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2013.
Baldwin Mayor Wayne Breaux says the town's finances have improved somewhat since the auditors visited last year, but he acknowledged there is still work to be done.
Many of the problems outlined in the report released Monday have been touched on in prior audits and pre-date Mayor Aprill Foulcard, who has held the post for less than a year.
A new report from the state's legislative auditor revealed that former University Medical Center overcharged patients by nearly $395,000 for services that were not provided, and an emergency room nurse misappropriated nearly $26,000 in drugs.
Sam Domiano, SLUs interim vice president for administration and finance, agreed with the report and said steps have been taken to clean up the program.
Bertrand's comments come in the wake of a turbulent Tuesday council meeting, which featured a heated back-and-forth between fellow council member William Theriot and Burton Kolder, the certified public accountant tasked with auditing Consolidated Government and the Fiber program.