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Duty to report fraudulant activities or deceptive practices or is that a violation of customer/client relationship?

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We work w large apartment complex in DSM Iowa. During our work there has been eye witness accounts as well as other professions/employees and tenants that have made statements even in writing regarding money being paid to and recieved by landlord manager in the form of cash as a personal request requirement for contractors or workers that are instructed to increase the amount they bill /agree to receive as payment covering that weeks wages by amounts dictated again by the manager then instructed to go cash the check he provides to them and bring back the cash back and hand over as some sort of cost of continued employment or/secure future jobs assigned. This money which on average ranges from $400 -$1000 per person per week is a regular normal business practice and in fact was uncovered bc I questioned and "dug" into suspiscions then confirmed that since our company would not participate in such activities the manager was literally removing/ yet retaining copies of invoices and even by tampering w our reciept books in attempt to avoid having to pay and yet we suspect perhaps still using the invoices in some way to justify outgoing costs on the apartment complex account. What is this called? Is there a way to demand reciepts and documentation to try and untangle this web of financial fraud and hold this man accountable. The same situation is reported by several tenants , witness statments range from giving cash for rent and never being provided reciepts to physical evidence that rental assistance program monies have been applied for recieved and cashed BY the apartment complex at least one of their represetatives and yet payment of assistance is or was not applied to said tenants rent due even denied that it was recieved until proof of the cashed check and the apartment representatives signature and writing was presented as proof. There are many stories of this and it appears w the COVID rent assistanc program that our clients at the apartment complex are potentially receiving considerable funds under false information provided. What do i do w all of these statements and information we want want to support our investors but as tax paying business and employees with a conscience what do we do and who do we tell again what is the limit to our involvement at this point as contractor? The tenants as a regular reached out to the only ears listening and we were flooded by information and stories that all had similar tones & accusations. We had the maintenance contract exterior interior common areas contract to upkeep as well as was a victim ourselves to these fraudulant activities as tenants.

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