D.C. is a sieve for tax dollars

Independent auditors warned earlier this year that conditions in D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi’s operation were ripe for theft. That’s exactly what happened. Federal officials last week charged Mary Ayers-Zander, an employee in the city’s Office of Tax and Revenue, with stealing $414,800. The CFO’s shop has become a sieve.

Sources inside and outside government said Gandhi can’t prevent theft because his Office of Integrity and Oversight, the unit that conducts investigations and audits, is in disarray.