Dowie Departs From Fleishman-Hillard

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NEW YORK Omnicom Group’s Fleishman-Hillard has confirmed the departure of Doug Dowie, an executive who allegedly played a key role in the public relations firm’s ongoing overbilling scandal.

In July 2004, the St. Louis-based agency’s Los Angeles office was accused by the L.A. Department of Water and Power of overbilling the utility in excess of $4.2 million from May 1999 to 2004.

Dowie, the former manager of F-H’s Los Angeles branch, was placed on paid administrative leave at the time; he had been accused by ex-agency staffers of encouraging employees to falsify DWP invoices.



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