The investigative arm of the District of Columbia’s finance office is probing the city’s multimillion dollar credit card program, a few months after the federal government audit blasted the District’s chaotic procurement process, a top official acknowledged Wednesday.

D.C. officials spent at least $17.4 million on their government-issued credit cards between 2005 and 2007, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show.

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