EDMONTON – An audit has found only about half of the $370,000 in expenses filed by the former Alberta health executive were within guidelines and backed up by receipts.
    
The audit found $100,000 spent by former Capital Health chief financial officer Allaudin Merali may have been OK, but lacked any sort of supporting documentation.
    
Another $70,000 in Merali’s expenses either weren’t covered by a policy or auditors couldn’t tell if they were covered or not.
    
Auditors said Merali spent about $5,600 that shouldn’t have been expensed, including $2,300 to install a phone in his car.
    
The document details a list of lavish perks that were approved, including a $900-a-month car allowance, business-class travel and restaurant meals for which no records were kept.
    
The audit covers 2005 to 2008, before Capital Health was dissolved.