AN AUDITING FIRM CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION INTO UNICOI COUNTY’S FINANCES AND HAS CONCLUDED THE COUNTY MAYOR DIDN’T COMMIT ANY FRAUD. FORMER RECORDER CONNIE MULLINS FILED A LAWSUIT IN UNICOI COUNTY CHANCERY COURT CONTENDING MAYOR JOHNNY LYNCH FIRED HER IN OCTOBER FOR REFUSING TO REMAIN SILENT ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES. SHE ALLEGED LYNCH MADE TRANSACTIONS WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION. RODEFER MYERS AUDITING FIRM REVIEWED THE COUNTY’S FINANCIAL RECORDS AND FOUND NO FRAUD.