South Carolina Comptroller to Resign Following $3.5B Accounting Error

South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom will resign next month after a $3.5 billion accounting error in the year-end financial report he oversaw. The state's top accountant will leave the elected post he has held for 20 years on April 30. The blunder's revelation last month brought mounting scrutiny, with House lawmakers calling for an impeachment inquiry. The Senate panel investigating the error issued a damning report last week that suggested Eckstrom resign or face removal “for willful neglect of duty.”