Makes sense for a complete audit, but all it would take is to focus on a few items, find the discrepancies/ fraud and that would be enough, IMO, to halt the operation until a more complete audit takes place. By the way, my jaw dropped reading this article. Not only was the project mismanaged, but the basic , standard controls were not even in place. Why? It's obvious. From the get go the project was forced through; a gift from the federal government that local politicians had to spend, and spend quickly. The goal being to get past the point of no return, Start the project in the boondocks, spend billions. Suddenly, Ukublue is nowhere to be found because in rail supporter's minds, they've reached the point of no return. Hawaiian politicians had no business trying to manage such a project, and yet, we continue to read posts saying how well the project has been managed. A lot of people have become very, very wealthy, at the expense of taxpayers. It's criminal, IMO.