Pointing at the defendant, the prosecutor said that when Mr. Devine ordered the improper expenditures, "Ray O'Kane took care of the details."

Its seven directors are appointed by the governor with the advice and approval of the State Senate, and the allegations of improper expenditures have become a political issue.

In addition to overseeing DHS, the Committee investigates the efficiency of government operations, and the possible existence of fraud, waste, and improper expenditure of government funds.

On Monday, she reached an unusual agreement with the teamsters that calls for a Federal financial monitor to oversee the union's spending and prevent improper expenditures.

Mr. Harding is also accused of trying to "conceal his improper expenditures" by shredding documents and deleting computer files after The Voice requested his expense records under the Freedom of Information Law.

This would result in an improper expenditure of public money.

Meanwhile, Carey and the Justice Department signed an agreement in which a federal monitor would oversee the union's spending to prevent any additional improper expenditures.

The Justice Department and the teamsters' union yesterday reached an unusual agreement in which a Federal financial monitor will oversee the union's spending to prevent any improper expenditures.

That consent decree gave the Government the power to expel union members for associating with organized crime figures and to veto improper expenditures.

In February, the board reached a settlement with Mr. Munitz in which the former president resigned while repaying $250,000 in cash for improper expenditures and forfeited more than $2 million in expected benefits.