A new report from Baltimore's Inspector General shows that more than 20 fake names were used by the Mayor's Offices of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) in Baltimore's Safe Streets program.

Potentially fake names used in Safe Streets program, Inspector Generals report shows

An audit of the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement found the Safe Streets program received hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars for employee compensation without confirmation employees were performing their “daily activities.

Baltimore’s inspector general issued a report Tuesday on Mayor Brandon Scott’s crime-fighting agency accusing it of trying to get city money to fake employees. The report covers a period going back to