Eight years ago, auditors who suspected parking-fee theft persuaded the Orange County Convention Center to install surveillance cameras at its parking booths. Last year, that additional security helped nab an attendant accused of directing drivers’ credit card transactions into her own bank account — to the tune of more than $50,000.

But there are still a few improvements to be made in the system, county auditors concluded in a new report. For one, a lot attendant implicated and fired after the original investigation was rehired in 2024, and she was the one who allegedly commandeered parking payments for several months until her arrest.

Parking fees at the massive International Drive meeting place, among the largest convention centers in the nation, are a tempting target: They amount to

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