The new auditor for Nueces County is pledging to ensure the office’s fiscal integrity, transparency and accountability after staffing changes, a forensic audit and an email phishing scam that attacked county staff have challenged the auditor’s office in 2025.

Elias Sissamis, who is succeeding interim County Auditor Constance Sanchez, is a certified public accountant whom the Nueces County Board of District Judges appointed in October. Sissamis' two-year term took effect Nov. 3.

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