A South Carolina Department of Administration report revealed origins of a $1.8 billion accounting discrepancy that has puzzled lawmakers and residents alike.

House Speaker Murrell Smith has pledged investigations into South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis' handling of a $1.8 billion accounting error made by his office that was allowed to fester for years.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It turns out that $1.8 billion in South Carolina state funds weren’t just sitting in a bank account waiting to be spent. Instead, it was an accounting error compounded over years instead of being reconciled, an independent forensic audit determined.

An outside forensic auditing firm recommended the state hire a third-party compliance officer after determining most of a mysterious $1.8 billion listing was not real money.

South Carolina lawmakers are calling for the state treasurer to be impeached after an independent audit found that a suspected $1.8 billion thought to be in a state bank account never existed. The results of the audit,

Representative Heather Baur will hold a press conference on Thursday to discuss the filing of articles of impeachment forTreasurer Curtis Loftis.The press conf

An independent forensic audit has unveiled a $1.8 billion accounting oversight in South Carolina's state funds, dispelling hopes of a financial windfall. This discovery, rooted in past errors and compounded over years,

The bills continue to pile up as South Carolina legislators consider spending more money on a series of accounting snafus that have the state staring down the barrel of a federal securities investigation.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — An audit of South Carolina's state finances finds that the puzzling $1.8 billion account mostly never existed in the first place.

South Carolina’s mysterious $1.8 billion in a bank account doesn’t exist. That’s the answer to the nearly year-long questions of “Where did this money come from” and “Who does it belong to?” State Treasurer Curtis Loftis says he’s accounted for every single cent.

This week we connect you to the capitol by diving into a confounding $1.8 billion money mystery that dates back years at the South Ca

COLUMBIA, S.C. — It turns out that $1.8 billion in South Carolina state funds weren ... and should the elected state treasurer, Curtis Loftis, step down or be impeached.