Sask. Liquor and Gaming employees fired for allegedly stealing public money

Two government workers havebeen fired for allegedly ripping off the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority for nearly $100,000.

The news comes in the latest reporting of losses of public money by the government.

It says an SLGAworker submitted time cards worth about $35,000 for time that wasn't actually worked between February 2011 and July of this year.

Another employee at SLGAis alleged to have fraudulently obtained grant money from the authority worth approximately $57,000 between July of 2012 and August of this year.

Both employees have been fired and information turned overto police.

The government says it is working to recover the money from both former employees.

The provincial government makes regular, quarterly disclosures on losses of public money.

It's something it committedto do years ago, in the wakeof some high-profile thefts which had not been made public.