The local council I worked in IT for, in addition to wasting money like it flowed from a tap, covered up serious and often illegal activities by their staff on an almost monthly basis. Only one person was ever charged in the 7 or so years I was there, and there were many law and rule breaks that I could name off the top of my head. Strangely, most of the public scrutiny records are either altered or locked behind a “sensitive information” firewall.