 A group of DC government employees had embezzled funds by fraudulently issuing real estate tax refund checks to their friends.BDO Seidman was the independent auditor of the DC government's financial records.On November 21, 2007, Reuters wrote "Washington, D.C., officials should fix problems identified in an audit that found the city mishandled millions of dollars, according to Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents the U.S. capital in Congress ...